Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0769999

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0769999

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Nano-molecular structure and function of protein mini-compartments known as carboxysomes. Intriguing protein nano-structures, present in blue-green algae and known as carboxysomes, act as tiny compartments where CO2 can be fixed into simple sugars at high efficiency. This important photosynthetic process forms the basis of global primary productivity on this planet, but most land-based CO2 fixation lacks the efficiency seen in blue-greens. This research aims to determine how the several proteins that make up carboxysomes come together to makeup carboxysome nano-structures and how these function to enhance rates of CO2 fixation. A more thorough understanding of the carboxysome is likely to have potential applications in industrial nano-technology and improvements in crop productivity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 30-11-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $263,000.00

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)

Primary products from plants | Oceanic processes (excl. climate related) | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

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

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