Objective The project aims at increasing growth rates and yield of crop plants by improving their carbon fixing capabilities. It gathers the expertise of eight European laboratories with state-of-the-art structural and molecular biology techniques to map and characterise the carbon fixing enzyme ribulose.. 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) from marine arctic algae, which have been found to harbor a superior form of Rubisco. The feasibility of exploiting the results for agriculture will be tested in two model studies in which the endogenous Rubisco enzyme in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and in crop plants will be replaced by the more efficient variant from marine algae. The research, which is supported by an SME involvement, will help European agriculture to stay competitive in a field which, because of its potential economic impact, is heavily investigated in the US and other western countries. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyphycologyagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturenatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsenzymesnatural sciencesbiological sciencesmolecular biology Programme(s) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Topic(s) 1.1.1.-3. - Key action The "Cell factory" Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator THE SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES EU contribution No data Address 10,Arrheniusplan 2C 750 07 UPPSALA Sweden See on map Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Australia EU contribution No data Address ACT 0200 CANBERRA See on map Total cost No data CROPDESIGN N.V. Belgium EU contribution No data Address Technologiepark 3 9052 ZWIJNAARDE See on map Total cost No data ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Long Ashton BS41 9AF BRISTOL See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA Spain EU contribution No data Address Avda. Blasco Ibanez 13 46071 VALENCIA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Norway EU contribution No data Address Moltke Moes vei 32 0316 OSLO See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF TROMSOE Norway EU contribution No data Address 9037 TROMSOE See on map Total cost No data