Why would knocking out a gene for a chloroplast fatty acid desaturase (an enzyme involved in synthesizing

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Why would "knocking out" a gene for a chloroplast fatty acid desaturase (an enzyme involved in synthesizing fatty acids containing three double bonds) increase the rate of photosynthesis at 40°C, a temperature at which photosynthesis is normally impaired?
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Fundamentals of biochemistry Life at the Molecular Level

ISBN: 978-0470547847

4th edition

Authors: Donald Voet, Judith G. Voet, Charlotte W. Pratt

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