Fig. 7
From: Genetic engineering of the Calvin cycle toward enhanced photosynthetic CO2 fixation in microalgae
A proposed working model for the role of aldolase in photosynthetic CO2 fixation. (i) Increased aldolase in chloroplast (ii) may induce more activated state of Rubisco by promoting regeneration of RuBP (iii) and thus stimulate carbon turnover rate in the Calvin cycle. (iv) This may provide a pulling power and raise electron transport in photosystems (v) to produce more NADPH and ATP, (vi) which in turn impose increased carbon turnover rate in the Calvin cycle (vii) and finally lead to increased biomass production in C. vulgaris. A red up arrow indicates upregulation