PLANTS WITH INCREASED PHOTORESPIRATION EFFICIENCY
Application
US20260078393A1
Kind: A1
Mar 19, 2026
Assignee
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
Inventors
Donald R. ORT, Paul F. SOUTH, Berkley WALKER
Abstract
Presented herein are plants with altered photorespiratory characteristics. Disruption of transport proteins involved in shuttling glycolate and/or glycerate results in reductions in photosynthetic rates, reduced plant growth and alterations in gene expression and photosynthetic metabolite profiles. Such disruptions are also combined with introduced genes expressing components of alternate photorespiratory enzyme pathways to increase photosynthetic efficiency.
CPC Classifications
C12N 15/8218
C12N 15/8262
C12N 15/8269
Filing Date
2025-09-09
Application No.
19323550