Article
Stability-activity tradeoffs constrain the adaptive evolution of RubisCO.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 11 Feb 2014
Studer Romain A, Christin Pascal-Antoine, Williams Mark A, Orengo Christine A
Abstract excerpt
A well-known case of evolutionary adaptation is that of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (RubisCO), the enzyme responsible for fixation of CO2 during photosynthesis. Although the majority of plants use the ancestral C3 photosynthetic pathway, many flowering plants have evolved a derived pathway named C4 photosynthesis. The latter concentrates CO2, and C4 RubisCOs consequently have lower specificity for, and...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.