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Imagine if you could grow plants that could absorb more CO2 from the atmosphere and help solve the world's climate problems. Humans have bred and selected plants to increase food production and ensure survival for thousands of years.
The most important and fundamental function of life on Earth, photosynthesis, has not been relevant with regards to plant selection or breeding until now, an age when greenhouse gas emissions from human activities threaten our planet. Scientists around the world are using new technologies to understand the internal processes of plants.
A group of proteins in plant leaf cells, called CURT1, plays a much more important role in photosynthesis than was previously thought, according to a new study published in the scientific journal PNAS.
We have found that CURT1 is involved in the development of green leaves from the seed stage. The study's lead author says that the proteins have a major influence on how effectively photosynthesis is established.
The genes that start the process of photosynthesis.
CURT1 is only present in fully-developed leaves and was thought to play a more modest role. The researchers used state-of-the-art photography and computer equipment to take pictures of the plants. They were able to study the plants at a deeper level. CURT1 was present in the earliest stages of the plants' lives.
The plant needs to survive quickly as it is struck by sunlight, and emerging from the soil is a critical moment. "Here we can see that CURT1 is involved in processes that allow the plant to survive, something we didn't know before."
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The shape of the membrane is controlled by theCURT1 proteins, which makes it easier for other proteins in a plant cell to move around and perform important tasks. This could be used to repair light harvesting complexes when the sun is strong or to turn up a chloroplast's ability to harvest light energy when the sun is weak.
CO2 will be improved in the future.
The new finding provides a deeper understanding of the most important biochemical reaction on Earth. Without plants, animals and humans wouldn't exist on our planet. Pribil would be very surprised if the importance of CURT1 for photosynthesis didn't extend to other plants.
This is an important step towards understanding all of the components that control photosynthesis. The question is whether we can use this new knowledge to improve the CURT1 protein complex in plants in general, so as to maximize their ability to absorb CO2," says Mathias Pribil. "Just as we have selected and bred the best crops throughout the history of agriculture, it is now about helping nature become the best possible CO2 absorber."
In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, there is information on Curvature thylakoid 1 proteins and prolamellar body morphology. There is a book titled "2113934118."
The National Academy of Sciences has a journal.
There is new knowledge about increasing carbon dioxide absorption in plants.
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