The structure of form I crystals of D-ribulose-1,5-diphosphate carboxylase. |
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Authors: | T S Baker D Eisenberg F A Eiserling L Weissman |
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Institution: | Departments of Chemistry and Bacteriology Molecular Biology Institute University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Single crystals of d-ribulose-1,5-diphosphate carboxylase from tobacco leaves, Nicotiana tabacum (variety Turkish Samsun), have been examined by X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, and optical diffraction. Twelve molecules are loosely packed into a body-centered cubic unit cell, space group I4132 with cell dimension . The asymmetric unit is one quarter of a molecule, and the minimum molecular symmetry is 222. This symmetry when combined with estimates of the two subunit masses and stoichiometry is compatible with a molecular structure of the composition L8S8 (L is large subunit, S is small). If all bonds between large and small subunits are equivalent, the true molecular symmetry is 422; this symmetry is consistent with molecular images in micrographs. |
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