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SUBMITTER: Mangan N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4027813 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mangan Niall N Brenner Michael M
eLife 20140429
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic bacteria with a unique CO2 concentrating mechanism (CCM), enhancing carbon fixation. Understanding the CCM requires a systems level perspective of how molecular components work together to enhance CO2 fixation. We present a mathematical model of the cyanobacterial CCM, giving the parameter regime (expression levels, catalytic rates, permeability of carboxysome shell) for efficient carbon fixation. Efficiency requires saturating the RuBisCO reaction, staying below ...[more]