The key enzyme in photosynthesis, Rubisco, is a relic of a bygone age. The ability to assemble Rubisco in the test tube offers the prospect of genetically manipulating the enzyme to make it fit for the modern world.
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Ellis, R. Tackling unintelligent design. Nature 463, 164–165 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/463164a
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Tanai Cardona
I wonder why in 2.4 billion years since the Great Oxygenation Event cyanobacteria, algae, or plants did not evolve a better CO2 fixing enzyme phylogenetically unrelated to rubisco...