[DIYbio] Re: Ethics of Guerrilla planting Transgenic plants

The problem with Rubisco is that it evolved in an anoxic atmosphere in cyanobacterial precursors of chloroplasts. It is inhibited by oxygen (it binds well to CO2 and O2) so o2 is a competitive inhibitor.

Finding a mutant that has less O2 affinity would be the goal. The bacterial Rubisco in plant is patented.

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