Catalysis of Ribulosebisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Activation by the Product of a Rubisco Activase cDNA Clone Expressed in Escherichia coli |
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Authors: | Werneke J M Chatfield J M Ogren W L |
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Institution: | Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801. |
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Abstract: | Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco) activase activity was obtained from a partially purified extract of Escherichia coli transformed with a 1.6-kilobase spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) cDNA clone. This activity was ATP-dependent. Catalysis of rubisco activation by spinach and cloned rubisco activase was accompanied by the same extent of carboxyarabinitol bisphosphate-trapped 14CO2 as occurred in spontaneous activation, indicating that rubisco carbamylation is one facet of the rubisco activase reaction. The CO2 concentration required for one-half maximal rubisco activase activity was about 8 micromolar CO2. These observations are consistent with the postulated role of rubisco activase in regulating rubisco activity in vivo. |
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