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Photosynthesis. Carbon Metabolism: Quantification and Manipulation

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Progress in Botany

Part of the book series: Progress in Botany ((BOTANY,volume 64))

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Abstract

Two philosophies have always guided research on photosynthetic carbon metabolism. The first is based on the desire to satisfy scientific curiosity by elucidating the chemical reactions and metabolic pathways involved, and the metabolic interconnections between chloroplasts, other parts of the cell, and the rest of the photosynthetic organism. An impressive overview in this regard has just been published (17Cen et al. 2001). The second is the expectation that a thorough understanding of photosynthesis might in some way lead to benefits for humanity, the most obvious contender being faster growing crop plants that provide more food and fibre. As the years and decades have passed, the pendulum of emphasis has swung slowly but consistently away from the first and toward the second of these philosophies, and is perhaps now midway between the two. In this review, the literature relating to chemical reactions and metabolic pathways is given the most attention, but it will be noted that the latest research contains few new reactions and no new pathways. Is it possible that, finally, they have all been discovered? On the other hand, the literature relating to the second philosophy is given some attention because it deals with those topics that are linking photosynthetic carbon metabolism to recurring public news items of the type that have “GM foods” and “Kyoto Protocol” in their titles.

“And, he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would desere better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together”. Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels, ca. 1727.

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