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Bioinformatic tools uncover the C-terminal strand of Rubisco's large subunit as hot-spot for specificity-enhancing mutations.
FEBS letters - 20 Feb 2007
Burisch C, Wildner G F, Schlitter J
Abstract excerpt
Rubisco assumes the double role of accumulating biomass by fixing carbon dioxide to ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate and binding of molecular oxygen to the same substrate. The specificity factor of this mutually competitive activity, defined as the ratio of carboxylation to oxygenation efficiency, varies considerably for reasons which remain obscure. The explanation and the enhancement of specificity are of high...
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