Carbon-fixing enzyme 10 times more abundant than previously thought
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Katrina Krämer2019-02-25T14:30:00
Calculations conclude there are 0.7 billion tonnes of rubisco in the world, an order or magnitude more than past estimates
‘Since I work on rubisco I’m always giving talks saying that it is the most abundant protein on Earth. Sometimes my audience will ask “Are you really sure?” I can now say “Yes I am”.’ This is how Manajit Hayer-Hartl from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany sums up her thoughts on a new analysis that the global abundance of plants’ carbon dioxide converting enzyme is an order of magnitude higher than thought.