REVIEW: Unsolved Problems of Carbonic Anhydrases Functioning in Photosynthetic Cells of Higher C3 Plants

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Natalia N. Rudenko¹ and Boris N. Ivanov^1,a*

¹Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290 Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed.

Received June 6, 2021; Revised August 9, 2021; Accepted August 9, 2021

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The review presents current data on carbonic anhydrases found in various compartments of photosynthetic cells of higher plants. The available data on expression of genes some of carbonic anhydrases and its dependence on environmental factors and plant age are considered. The existing hypotheses on the functions of carbonic anhydrases of plasma membrane, cytoplasm, as well as of stroma and thylakoids of chloroplast, first of all, the hypothesis on participation of these enzymes in supplying carbon dioxide molecules to ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase (Rubisco) are analyzed. Difficulties of establishing physiological role of the plant cell carbonic anhydrase are discussed in detail.

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KEY WORDS: carbonic anhydrase, higher plants, photosynthesis, chloroplasts, thylakoids

DOI: 10.1134/S0006297921100072

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