Cell biology of photosynthesis over geologic time

Avi Flamholz; Patrick M Shih

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.076

Cell biology of photosynthesis over geologic time

Curr Biol. 2020 May 18;30(10):R490-R494. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.076.

Authors

Avi Flamholz¹, Patrick M Shih²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
² Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA; Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA; Feedstocks Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA; Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA. Electronic address: pmshih@ucdavis.edu.

PMID: 32428488
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.076

Abstract

Flamholz and Shih explain how photosynthetic organisms on earth have evolved carbon dioxide concentrating mechanisms to contend with an increased abundance of oxygen in the atmosphere. This critical innovation has occurred numerous times and comes in two basic flavors.

MeSH terms

Biological Evolution*
Carbon Dioxide / metabolism
Cyanobacteria / genetics*
Cyanobacteria / physiology
Photosynthesis / genetics*
Photosynthesis / physiology*
Plants / genetics*
Plants / metabolism

Substances

Carbon Dioxide