Rewiring photorespiration using natural and synthetic pathways to sustainably increase crop yield

Project Information

GAIN4CROPS

Grant agreement ID: 862087

DOI

10.3030/862087

EC signature date 8 April 2020

Start date 1 May 2020

End date 31 January 2026

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Biotechnology

Total cost

€ 8 014 100,00

EU contribution

€ 8 014 100,00

Coordinated by

HEINRICH-HEINE-UNIVERSITAET DUESSELDORF
Germany

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (32)

Shifts in carbon partitioning by photosynthetic activity increase terpenoid synthesis in glandular trichomes

Author(s): Nima P. Saadat, Marvin van Aalst, Alejandro Brand, Oliver Ebenhöh, Alain Tissier, Anna B. Matuszyńska
Published in: The Plant Journal, 2023, ISSN 0960-7412
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16352

Two highly specific growth-coupled biosensor for glycolaldehyde detection across micromolar and millimolar concentrations

Author(s): Paul A Gómez-Coronado, Armin Kubis, Maria Kowald, Rahma Ute, Charlie Cotton, Steffen N Lindner, Arren Bar-Even, Tobias J Erb
Published in: Synthetic Biology, Issue 10, 2025, ISSN 2397-7000
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/synbio/ysaf004

Alternatives to photorespiration: A system-level analysis reveals mechanisms of enhanced plant productivity

Author(s): Edward N. Smith, Marvin van Aalst, Andreas P. M. Weber, Oliver Ebenhöh, Matthias Heinemann
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 11, 2025, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adt9287

A transcription factor module mediating C2 photosynthesis in the Brassicaceae

Author(s): Patrick J Dickinson, Sebastian Triesch, Urte Schlüter, Andreas P M Weber, Julian M Hibberd
Published in: EMBO Reports, 2025, ISSN 1469-3178
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44319-025-00461-1

Modulation of xanthophyll cycle impacts biomass productivity in the marine microalga Nannochloropsis

Author(s): Giorgio Perin, Alessandra Bellan, Tim Michelberger, Dagmar Lyska, Setsuko Wakao, Krishna K Niyogi, Tomas Morosinotto
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue Volume 120, Number 25, 2023, Page(s) e2214119120, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2214119120

The green algae CO2 concentrating mechanism and photorespiration jointly operate during acclimation to low CO2

Author(s): Ousmane Dao, Marie Bertrand, Saleh Alseekh, Florian Veillet, Pascaline Auroy, Phuong-Chi Nguyen, Bertrand Légeret, Virginie Epting, Amélie Morin, Stephan Cuiné, Caroline L. Monteil, Luke C. M. Mackinder, Adrien Burlacot, Anja Krieger-Liszkay, Andreas P. M. Weber, Alisdair R. Fernie, Gilles Peltier, Yonghua Li-Beisson
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60525-7

Impact of the carbon flux regulator protein pirC on ethanol production in engineered cyanobacteria

Author(s): Böhm Julien, Kauss Karsten, Michl Klaudia, Engelhardt Lisa, Brouwer Eva-Maria, Hagemann Martin
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Issue Volume 14, 2023, ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1238737

Perspectives on improving photosynthesis to increase crop yield

Author(s): Roberta Croce, Elizabete Carmo-Silva, Young B Cho, Maria Ermakova, Jeremy Harbinson, Tracy Lawson, Alistair J McCormick, Krishna K Niyogi, Donald R Ort, Dhruv Patel-Tupper, Paolo Pesaresi, Christine Raines, Andreas P M Weber, Xin-Guang Zhu
Published in: The Plant Cell, Issue 36, 2024, Page(s) 3944-3973, ISSN 1040-4651
Publisher: American Society of Plant Biologists
DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae132

Tailoring confocal microscopy for real-time analysis of photosynthesis at single-cell resolution

Author(s): Mattia Storti, Haythem Hsine, Clarisse Uwizeye, Olivier Bastien, Daniel P. Yee, Fabien Chevalier, Johan Decelle, Cécile Giustini, Daniel Béal, Gilles Curien, Giovanni Finazzi, Dimitri Tolleter
Published in: Cell Reports Methods, 2023, ISSN 2667-2375
Publisher: Cell Press Elsevier Inc
DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2023.100568

Improving photosynthetic efficiency toward food security: Strategies, advances, and perspectives

Author(s): Edward N. Smith; Marvin van Aalst; Tiina Tosens; Ülo Niinemets; Benjamin Stich; Tomas Morosinotto; Alessandro Alboresi; Tobias J. Erb; Paul A. Gómez-Coronado; Dimitri Tolleter; Giovanni Finazzi; Gilles Curien; Matthias Heinemann; Oliver Ebenhöh; Julian M. Hibberd; Urte Schlüter; Tianshu Sun; Andreas P.M. Weber
Published in: Molecular Plant, 2023, ISSN 1674-2052
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2023.08.017

The Arabidopsis leaf quantitative atlas: a cellular and subcellular mapping through unified data integration

Author(s): Dimitri Tolleter, Edward N. Smith, Clémence Dupont-Thibert, Clarisse Uwizeye, Denis Vile, Pauline Gloaguen, Denis Falconet, Giovanni Finazzi, Yves Vandenbrouck, Gilles Curien
Published in: Quantitative Plant Biology, Issue 5, 2024, ISSN 2632-8828
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/qpb.2024.1

Design and implementation of aerobic and ambient CO2-reduction as an entry-point for enhanced carbon fixation

Author(s): Ari Satanowski, Daniel G. Marchal, Alain Perret, Jean-Louis Petit, Madeleine Bouzon, Volker Döring, Ivan Dubois, Hai He, Edward N. Smith, Virginie Pellouin, Henrik M. Petri, Vittorio Rainaldi, Maren Nattermann, Simon Burgener, Nicole Paczia, Jan Zarzycki, Matthias Heinemann, Arren Bar-Even, Tobias J. Erb
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57549-4

Variation in leaf photosynthetic capacity within plant canopies: optimization, structural, and physiological constraints and inefficiencies

Author(s): Ülo Niinemets
Published in: Photosynthesis Research, Issue 158, 2024, Page(s) 131-149, ISSN 0166-8595
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-023-01043-9

What controls carbon sequestration in plants under which conditions?

Author(s): Tim Nies, Marvin van Aalst, Nima Saadat, Josha Ebeling, Oliver Ebenhöh
Published in: Biosystems, Issue Volume 231, 2023, Page(s) 104968, ISSN 0303-2647
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2023.104968

Computational Photosynthesis (ComPhot): Simulation-Based Learning Platform to Study Photosynthesis

Author(s): Sarah Philipps, Tobias Pfennig, Elouën Corvest, Marvin van Aalst, Lisa Fürtauer, Anna Matuszyńska
Published in: The Plant Cell, 2024, ISSN 1040-4651
Publisher: American Society of Plant Biologists
DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae101

Adaptive laboratory evolution recruits the promiscuity of succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase to repair different metabolic deficiencies

Author(s): Hai He, Paul A. Gómez-Coronado, Jan Zarzycki, Sebastian Barthel, Jörg Kahnt, Peter Claus, Moritz Klein, Melanie Klose, Valérie de Crécy-Lagard, Daniel Schindler, Nicole Paczia, Timo Glatter, Tobias J. Erb
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53156-x

Characterization of the oxygen-tolerant formate dehydrogenase from Clostridium carboxidivorans

Author(s): Eva-Maria Brouwer, Hitesh K. R. Medipally, Saskia Schwab, Shanshan Song, Marc M. Nowaczyk, Martin Hagemann
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1527626

New genomic techniques in organic production: Considerations for science-based, effective, and acceptable EU regulation

Author(s): Alexandra Molitorisová, Stephan Clemens, Louise Fresco, Aleksandra Hubar-Kołodziejczyk, Jale Tosun, Urs Niggli, Matin Qaim, Richard G.F. Visser, Andreas P.M. Weber, Justus Wesseler, David Zilberman, Kai Purnhagen
Published in: Cell Reports Sustainability, Issue 2, 2025, Page(s) 100405, ISSN 2949-7906
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100405

Implementation of the β-hydroxyaspartate cycle increases growth performance of Pseudomonas putida on the PET monomer ethylene glycol

Author(s): Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski, Helena Schulz-Mirbach, Mauricio Troncoso Castellanos, Francesca Severi, Paul A. Gómez-Coronado, Nicole Paczia, Timo Glatter, Arren Bar-Even, Steffen N. Lindner, Tobias J. Erb
Published in: Metabolic Engineering, Issue Volume 76, 2023, Page(s) 97-109, ISSN 1096-7176
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2023.01.011

PlantACT! : how to tackle the climate crisis

Author(s): Heribert Hirt, Salim Al-Babili, Marilia Almeida-Trapp, Martin Antoine, Manuel Aranda, Dorothea Bartels, Malcolm Bennett, Ikram Blilou, Damian Boer, Alix Boulouis, Chris Bowler, Sophie Brunel-Muguet, Fabien Chardon, Jean Colcombet, Vincent Colot, Agata Daszkowska-Golec, Jose R. Dinneny, Ben Field, Katja Froehlich, Catherine H. Gardener, Alain Gojon, Eric Gomès, Eva María Gómez Álvarez, Crisanto
Published in: Trends in Plant Science, Issue Volume 28, Issue 5, 2023, Page(s) 537-543, ISSN 1360-1385
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.01.005

Computational Analysis of Alternative Photosynthetic Electron Flows Linked With Oxidative Stress

Author(s): Saadat Nima P., Nies Tim, van Aalst Marvin, Hank Brandon, Demirtas Büsra, Ebenhöh Oliver, Matuszyńska Anna
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue Volume 12, 2021, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.750580

Europe’s Farm to Fork Strategy and Its Commitment to Biotechnology and Organic Farming: Conflicting or Complementary Goals?

Author(s): Kai P. Purnhagen, Stephan Clemens, Dennis Eriksson, Louise O. Fresco, Jale Tosun, Matin Qaim, Richard G.F. Visser, Andreas P.M. Weber, Justus H.H. Wesseler, David Zilberman
Published in: Trends on Plant Science, 2021, ISSN 1878-4372
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.03.012

COBREXA.jl: constraint-based reconstruction and exascale analysis

Author(s): Miroslav Kratochvíl, Laurent Heirendt, St Elmo Wilken, Taneli Pusa, Sylvain Arreckx, Alberto Noronha, Marvin van Aalst, Venkata P Satagopam, Oliver Ebenhöh, Reinhard Schneider, Christophe Trefois, Wei Gu
Published in: Bioinformatics, Issue Volume 38, Issue 4, 2021, Page(s) 1171–1172, ISSN 1367-4803
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btab782

New avenues in photosynthesis: from light harvesting to global modeling

Author(s): Tiina Tosens, Alessandro Alboresi, Herbert van Amerongen, Roberto Bassi, Florian A. Busch, Giovanni Consoli, Oliver Ebenhöh, Jaume Flexas, Jeremy Harbinson, Peter Jahns, Nina Kamennaya, David M. Kramer, Johannes Kromdijk, Tracy Lawson, Erik H. Murchie, Ülo Niinemets, Sara Natale, Dennis J. Nürnberg, Andrea Persello, Paolo Pesaresi, Christine Raines, Urte Schlüter, Tom P. J. M. Theeuwen, Stefan
Published in: Physiologia Plantarum, Issue 177, 2025, ISSN 0031-9317
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/ppl.70198

Knowledge of Regulation of Photosynthesis in Outdoor Microalgae Cultures Is Essential for the Optimization of Biomass Productivity

Author(s): Giorgio Perin, Francesca Gambaro and Tomas Morosinotto
Published in: Front. Plant Sci., Issue Volume 13, 2022, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.846496

Photorespiration is the solution, not the problem

Author(s): Laia Segura Broncano, Krzysztof Robin Pukacz, Vanessa Reichel-Deland, Urte Schlüter, Sebastian Triesch, Andreas P.M. Weber
Published in: Journal of Plant Physiology, Issue Volume 282, 2023, Page(s) 153928, ISSN 0176-1617
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2023.153928

Understanding regulation in complex environments: a route to enhance photosynthetic light-reactions in microalgae photobioreactors

Author(s): Perin G, Morosinotto T
Published in: Frontiers in Photobiology, Issue 1, 2023, Page(s) 1274525, ISSN 2813-8228
Publisher: Lausanne Switzerland: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fphbi.2023.1274525

Machine Learning-Supported Enzyme Engineering toward Improved CO2-Fixation of Glycolyl-CoA Carboxylase

Author(s): Daniel G. Marchal, Luca Schulz, Ingmar Schuster, Jelena Ivanovska, Nicole Paczia, Simone Prinz, Jan Zarzycki, Tobias J. Erb
Published in: ACS Synthetic Biology, Issue Issue 12, Volume 12, 2023, Page(s) 3521–3530, ISSN 2161-5063
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.3c00403

Constructing and analysing dynamic models with modelbase v1.2.3: a software update.

Author(s): Marvin van Aalst; Oliver Ebenhöh; Anna Matuszyńska
Published in: BMC Bioinformatics, Issue Volume 22, Issue 1, 2021, Page(s) 1-15, ISSN 1471-2105
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12859-021-04122-7

A synthetic C4 shuttle via the β-hydroxyaspartate cycle in C3 plants

Author(s): Roell MS, Schada von Borzykowski L, Westhoff P, Plett A, Paczia N, Claus P, Urte S, Erb TJ, Weber APM
Published in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, Issue 118(21), 2021, ISSN 1091-6490
Publisher: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2022307118

<i>Brassicaceae</i> display variation in efficiency of photorespiratory carbon-recapturing mechanisms

Author(s): Urte Schlüter; Jacques W Bouvier; Ricardo Guerreiro; Milena Malisic; Carina Kontny; Philipp Westhoff; Benjamin Stich; Andreas P M Weber
Published in: Journal of Experimental Botany, Issue Volume 74, Issue 21, 2023, Page(s) 6631–6649, ISSN 0022-0957
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad250

Network Reconstruction and Modelling Made Reproducible with moped

Author(s): Nima P. Saadat, Marvin van Aalst andOliver Ebenhöh
Published in: Metabolites, Issue 12(4), 275, 2022, ISSN 2218-1989
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/metabo12040275

Thesis and dissertations (2)

Metabolic modeling of energy supply balance in photosynthesis

Author(s): Nima P. Saadat
Published in: Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the of the Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Issue 3, 2023
Publisher: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Computergestützte Analyse und Optimierung der photosynthetischen Kohlenstofffixierung

Author(s): Aalst, Marvin Christian
Published in: Issue 2, 2024
Publisher: Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf