Rubisco is a complex, ubiquitous protein composed of eight large and eight small subunits. By assembling Rubisco in bacterial cells, the specific characteristics of individual small subunits have been investigated with a view to engineering more efficient carbon fixation.
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Sharwood, R.E. Mix-and-match Rubisco subunits. Nat. Plants 6, 1199–1200 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-00771-3
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