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Comparative Study
. 1978 May 1;171(2):477-82.
doi: 10.1042/bj1710477.

Comparison of the kinetic properties of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase in chloroplast extracts of spinach, sunflower and four other reductive pentose phosphate-pathway species

M E Delaney, D A Walker
Comparative Study

Comparison of the kinetic properties of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase in chloroplast extracts of spinach, sunflower and four other reductive pentose phosphate-pathway species

M E Delaney et al. Biochem J. .

Abstract

Extracts from chloroplasts of spinach, sunflower and four other reductive pentose phosphate (C3)-pathway species were measured spectrophotometrically with or without a modified preactivation procedure. In all six species this modification yielded Km (CO2) values in the range of 7-15 micron and maximum velocities, at 20 degrees C, of 129-431 mumol of CO2 carboxylated/h per mg of chlorophyll. In general, both the carboxylation and electron-transport capacities of sunflower were somewhat greater than that of the other species, and this is discussed in relation to the superior rates of photosynthesis believed to be displayed by the parent tissue.

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