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Activation of Ribulosebisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase at Physiological CO₂ and Ribulosebisphosphate Concentrations by Rubisco Activase

United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801

The enzyme-catalyzed activation of ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco) was investigated in an illuminated reconstituted system containing thylakoid membranes, rubisco, ribulosebisphosphate (RuBP), MgCl₂, carbonic anhydrase, catalase, the artificial electron acceptor pyocyanine, and partially purified rubisco activase. Optimal conditions for light-induced rubisco activation were found to include 100 micrograms per milliliter rubisco, 300 micrograms per milliliter rubisco activase, 3 millimolar RuBP, and 6 millimolar free Mg²⁺ at pH 8.2. The half-time for rubisco activation was 2 minutes, and was 4 minutes for rubisco deactivation. The rate of rubisco deactivation was identical in the presence and absence of activase. The K_act(CO₂) of rubisco activation in the reconstituted system was 4 micromolar CO₂, compared to a K_act(CO₂) of 25 to 30 micromolar CO₂ for the previously reported spontaneous CO₂/Mg²⁺ activation mechanism. The activation process characterized here explains the high degree of rubisco activation at the physiological concentrations of 10 micromolar CO₂ and 2 to 4 millimolar RuBP found in intact leaves, conditions which lead to almost complete deactivation of rubisco in vitro.

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