Illustration Showing a Pump Will Transport Into Cells Bicarbonate That Will Be Converted Into CO2P (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Illustration Showing a Pump Will Transport Into Cells Bicarbonate That Will Be Converted Into CO2P

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The light-driven bicarbonate pump that is being designed by the MAGIC team will transport bicarbonate (HCO3-) to plant cells. This bicarbonate will then be converted by the enzyme carbonic anhydrase (CA) into carbon dioxide (CO2).

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John H. Golbeck, The Pennsylvania State University

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