Title: Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase and oxygenase from Thiocapsa roseopersicina: Activation and catalysis
Abstract: Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase purified from malate-grown Thiocapsa roseopersicina required Mg2+ for the activation of both carboxylase and oxygenase activities. Mg2+ was either not required or required at very low concentrations for catalysis by both enzyme activities. EDTA and dithiothreitol had no effect on ribulose 1,5-biphosphate oxygenase. The K0.5 values with respect to Mg2+ for activation of the carboxylase and oxygenase activities were 8.4 and 2 mm, respectively. Ribulose 1,5-biphosphate carboxylase and oxygenase activities revealed differential sensitivities to 6-phosphogluconate. This ligand at 1 mm inhibited the carboxylase activity 30%, whereas the oxygenase activity was inhibited by 69%.
Publication Year: 1979
Publication Date: 1979-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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