Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0556115

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0556115

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Active bicarbonate transporters from cyanobacteria: physiological properties, genetic regulation, and introduction into plants for crop improvement. An intriguing set of membrane transport proteins that accumulate bicarbonate into marine cyanobacterial cells will be investigated. These proteins support the crucial process of photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation in marine cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), which are major contributors to global carbon dioxide sequestration and form one of the foundations of the marine food web. These bicarbonate "transporters" will also be transferred into a model plant system to test whether the efficiency of photosynthesis can be improved, with corresponding gains in the water-use efficiency of these plants. If successful this technology will have profound global implications for improving crop production in semi-arid areas.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-01-2005

End Date: 30-01-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $310,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Genetic Engineering And Enzyme Technology | Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Plant Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Field crops | Oceanic processes (excl. climate related) | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biological sciences | Field crops | Genetic Engineering And Enzyme Technology | Oceanic processes (excl. climate related) | Plant Physiology

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