New knowledge about the most important biochemical reaction on earth: a step for plants to absorb carbon dioxide

However, the most important and basic function of life on earth-photosynthesis-has not been related to plant selection or breeding until now, and greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are threatening our planet

In a new study published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of Copenhagen have just discovered that a group of proteins called CURT1 in plant leaf cells play a role in photosynthesis.

"We have found that the CURT1 protein controls the development of green leaves in plants from the seed stage

Proteins that promote photosynthesis

The CURT1 protein was previously thought to play a small role and only exists in fully developed leaves

Photosynthesis occurs in the chloroplast, which is an ellipsoid with a length of 0.

The CURT1 protein controls the shape of this membrane, which makes it easier for other proteins in plant cells to move and perform important tasks around photosynthesis, depending on changes in the plant's surrounding environment

Improved Limited ₂ Future Absorption

This new discovery gives us a deeper understanding of the most important biochemical reactions on the planet

"This is an important step in understanding all the components that control photosynthesis

"A lot of our research is centered on improving the efficiency of photosynthesis so that plants can absorb more carbon dioxide

Facts about photosynthesis:

• Photosynthesis is one of the most important biological processes on earth, because it produces most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, and almost all life depends on oxygen

  
  

• When solar energy converts carbon dioxide and water into organic matter in the form of oxygen and glucose, photosynthesis occurs in green plants, algae and some bacteria

  
  

• Glucose is converted into nutrients for use by plants and animals

  
  

Facts about CURT1 protein:

• CURT1 is a proteome that coordinates the structural process of the inner membrane of the chloroplast to make photosynthesis more effective

  
  

• It was once thought that this protein only exists in plants with mature leaves, and the role of this protein is not so important

  
  

• The proteome can also help plant leaves increase or decrease their ability to obtain light based on the intensity of sunlight

  
  

• Plants with an imbalanced CURT1 protein content—whether too much or too little—have higher mortality rates and generally grow poorer

  
  

Journal Reference :

1. Omar Sandoval-Ib & aacute; & ntilde; EZ, Anurag Sharma,, Michał Bykowski, Guillem Borr & agrave; S-Gas, James BYH Behrendorff, Silas Mellor, Klaus Qvortrup, Julian C.
   Verdonk,, Ralph Bock, Łucja Kowalewska, Mathias Pribil.
   Curvature thylakoid.
   1 Proteins modulate prolamellar body morphology and promote organized thylakoid biogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana .
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2021; 118 (42): e2113934118 DOI: 10.
   1073/pnas.
   2113934118