Turning sugar into oil: making photosynthesis blind to feedback inhibition

J Exp Bot. 2020 Apr 6;71(7):2216-2218. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erz504.

Abstract

This article comments on:

Beechey-Gradwell Z, Cooney L, Winichayakul S, Andrews M, Hea SY, Crowther T, Roberts N. 2020. Storing carbon in leaf lipid sinks enhanced perennial ryegrass carbon capture especially under high N and elevated CO2. Journal of Experimental Botany 71, 2351–2361.

Keywords: Lolium perenne; Assimilate partitioning; growth and development; lipid; metabolic engineering; photosynthesis; triacylglycerol.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Feedback
  • Lolium*
  • Photosynthesis
  • Sugars*

Substances

  • Sugars