Protein synthesis increases with photosynthesis via the stimulation of translation initiation.

Leaf protein synthesis is an essential process at the heart of plant nitrogen (N) homeostasis and turnover that preferentially takes place in the light, that is, when N and CO fixation occur. The carbon allocation to protein synthesis in illuminated leaves generally accounts for ca. 1 % of net photosynthesis.

Pyrimidine Salvage: Physiological Functions and Interaction with Chloroplast Biogenesis.

The synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides, an essential process in every organism, is accomplished by de novo synthesis or by salvaging pyrimdines from e.g. nucleic acid turnover.

Concerted Changes in the Phosphoproteome and Metabolome Under Different CO2/O2 Gaseous Conditions in Arabidopsis Rosettes.

Considerable efforts are currently devoted to understanding the regulation of primary carbon metabolism in plant leaves, which is known to change dramatically with environmental conditions, e.g. during light/dark transitions.

A reverse glyoxylate shunt to build a non-native route from C4 to C2 in Escherichia coli.

Most central metabolic pathways such as glycolysis, fatty acid synthesis, and the TCA cycle have complementary pathways that run in the reverse direction to allow flexible storage and utilization of resources. However, the glyoxylate shunt, which allows for the synthesis of four-carbon TCA cycle intermediates from acetyl-CoA, has not been found to be reversible to date. As a result, glucose can only be converted to acetyl-CoA via the decarboxylation of the three-carbon molecule pyruvate in heterotrophs.

Bioengineering of microorganisms for C₃ to C₅ alcohols production.

Production of renewable fuels and chemicals is an absolute requirement for the sustainability of societies. This fact has been neglected during the past century as cheap and abundant, yet not renewable, sources of hydrocarbons were available. Since fossil fuel availability is decreasing, biological production of fuels and chemicals has been proposed to be a potential alternative to fossil sources.