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The transition between the open and closed states of rubisco is triggered by the inter-phosphate distance of the bound bisphosphate.
Journal of molecular biology - 19 May 2000
Duff A P, Andrews T J, Curmi P M
Abstract excerpt
d-Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco) catalyses the central CO(2)-fixing reaction of photosynthesis in a complex, multiple-step process. Several structures of rubisco complexed with substrate analogues, inhibitors and products have been determined by X-ray crystallography. The structures fall into two well-defined and distinct states. The active site is either "open" or "closed". The timing...
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