[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.

I just did a superficial look through and claims are that CO2 is 80x likely to bind with RuBisCO than oxygen. That affinity might deminish with higher temp. but not clear on which one RuBisCO it might be.

>Finding a mutant that has less O2 affinity would be the goal.
plants act in cool conditions and they have a large surface area. There's your 80x absorption. How much more could you need?

>The bacterial Rubisco in plant is patented.
Is that patent valid despite US supreme court ruling?

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