Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0343318

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0343318

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Can efficient algal variants of the photosynthetic CO2-fixing enzyme, Rubisco, be folded and assembled in functional forms in higher-plant plastids? We have shown that it is possible to alter the photosynthetic phenotype of a plant predictably and profoundly by engineering the plastid genome to replace the plant's CO2-fixing enzyme, Rubisco, with a bacterial homolog. Thus it may be possible to replace the plant enzyme with more efficient algal Rubiscos that would allow plants to grow with less light, less water or less fertiliser. Before such desirable changes to the plant phenotype can be realised, some complex issues of modification, folding and assembly of Rubisco subunits need to be resolved. This proposal addresses them.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $495,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Agricultural Biotechnology | Genetic Engineering And Enzyme Technology | Plant Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering) | Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences

Other Keywords

Agricultural Biotechnology | Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Biological sciences | Genetic Engineering And Enzyme Technology | Plant Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering)

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