Demonstration of a functional requirement for the carbamate nitrogen of ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase by chemical rescue.

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Ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase is reversibly activated by the reaction of CO2 with a specific lysyl residue (Lys191 of the Rhodospirillum rubrum enzyme) to form a carbamate that coordinates an essential Mg2+ cation. Surprisingly, the Lys191----Cys mutant protein, in the presence of CO2 and Mg2+, exhibits tight binding of the reaction intermediate analogue 2-carboxyarabinitol bisphosphate [Smith, H....

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