Manipulation of Rubisco : the amount, activity, function and regulation

Genetic modification to increase the specificity of Rubisco for CO(2) relative to O(2) and to increase the catalytic rate of Rubisco in crop plants would have great agronomic importance. The availability of three-dimensional structures of Rubisco at atomic resolution and the characterization of site...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of experimental botany. - 1985. - 54(2003), 386 vom: 04. Mai, Seite 1321-33
1. Verfasser: Parry, M A J (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Andralojc, P J, Mitchell, R A C, Madgwick, P J, Keys, A J
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2003
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of experimental botany
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review Plant Proteins rca protein, plant Carbon Dioxide 142M471B3J Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase EC 4.1.1.39
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Zusammenfassung:Genetic modification to increase the specificity of Rubisco for CO(2) relative to O(2) and to increase the catalytic rate of Rubisco in crop plants would have great agronomic importance. The availability of three-dimensional structures of Rubisco at atomic resolution and the characterization of site-directed mutants have greatly enhanced the understanding of the catalytic mechanism of Rubisco. Considerable progress has been made in identifying natural variation in the catalytic properties of Rubisco from different species and in developing the tools for introducing both novel and foreign Rubisco genes into plants. The additional complexities of assembling copies of the two distinct polypeptide subunits of Rubisco into a functional holoenzyme in vivo (requiring sufficient expression, post-translational modification, interaction with chaperonins, and interaction with Rubisco activase) remain a major challenge. The consequences of changing the amount of Rubisco present in leaves have been investigated by the use of antisense constructs. The manipulation of genes encoding Rubisco activase has provided a means to investigate the regulation of Rubisco activity
Beschreibung:Date Completed 25.07.2003
Date Revised 29.01.2022
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1460-2431