Genetic Engineering, Synthetic Biology and the Light Reactions of Photosynthesis

Plant Physiol. 2019 Mar;179(3):778-793. doi: 10.1104/pp.18.00360. Epub 2018 Jul 10.

Abstract

Applications of synthetic biology to photosynthesis currently range from exchanging photosynthetic proteins to the utilization of photosynthesis as a source of electrons for entirely unrelated reactions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Genetic Engineering*
  • Photosynthesis / genetics*
  • Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / genetics
  • Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / physiology
  • Synthetic Biology*

Substances

  • Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins