Robert L. Houtz,
Professor

I am a Horticulturist who studies post-translational processing of the large and small subunits of Rubisco. My laboratory has cloned and patented several of the methyltransferase genes responsible for methylation of the large and small subunits. We are trying to manipulate these gene sequences to, ultimately, increase Rubisco activity and/or stability, thus leading to increases in plant productivity and yield.