Benedict M. Long

Functional characterisation of bicarbonate transporters from the cyanobacterial SbtA2 family and subsequent expression in tobacco

The paper functionally characterizes SbtA2 bicarbonate transporters from marine cyanobacteria and attempts to express them in tobacco chloroplasts without improving photosynthesis.

Heterologous expression in E. coli reveals the bicarbonate transporter BicA2 drives carbon uptake in marine Prochlorococcus spp.

This study functionally characterizes BicA2 as a Na+-dependent bicarbonate transporter in Prochlorococcus, revealing a previously uncharacterized component of its CO2-concentrating mechanism.

Engineering the cyanobacterial ATP-driven BCT1 bicarbonate transporter for functional targeting to C3 plant chloroplasts

The paper describes the directed evolution and rational design of a cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporter and its subunit localization in chloroplasts to improve C3 plant photosynthesis.

Cyanobacterial α-carboxysome carbonic anhydrase is allosterically regulated by the Rubisco substrate RuBP

The paper identifies that CsoSCA, a carboxysomal carbonic anhydrase in cyanobacteria, is allosterically activated by RuBP, revealing a regulatory mechanism in CO2 fixation.