Proposed Carbon Dioxide Concentrating Mechanism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Aquatic photosynthetic microorganisms account for almost 50% of the world's photosynthesis ([19][1]). These organisms face several challenges in acquiring CO2 from the environment. The first challenge is presented by the properties of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (Rubisco). Rubisco is