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Missense mutation in the Chlamydomonas chloroplast gene that encodes the Rubisco large subunit

Journal Article · · Plant Physiology; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.86.4.987· OSTI ID:6945029

The 69-12Q mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii lacks ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase activity, but retains holoenzyme protein. It results from a mutation in the chloroplast large-subunit gene that causes an isoleucine-for-threonine substitution at amino-acid residue 173. Considering that lysine-175 is involved in catalysis, it appears that mutations cluster at the active site.

OSTI ID:
6945029
Journal Information:
Plant Physiology; (USA), Journal Name: Plant Physiology; (USA) Vol. 86:4; ISSN 0032-0889; ISSN PLPHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English