Engineering a more efficient system for harnessing carbon dioxide

Scientists have reverse engineered a biosynthetic pathway for more effective carbon fixation that is based on a new CO2-fixing enzyme that is nearly 20 times faster than the most prevalent enzyme in nature responsible for capturing CO2 in plants by using sunlight as energy.

from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161117141233.htm

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