The Reactions between Active and Inactive Forms of Wheat Ribulosebisphosphate Carboxylase and Effectors

GUTTERIDGE, Steven and PARRY, Martin A.J. and SCHMIDT, C. N.Godfrey (1982) The Reactions between Active and Inactive Forms of Wheat Ribulosebisphosphate Carboxylase and Effectors. European Journal of Biochemistry, 126 (3). pp. 597-602. ISSN 0014-2956

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Abstract

The processes of activation and deactivation of ribulose‐1,5‐bisphosphate carboxylase purified from wheat have been investigated. Two forms of the enzyme are indistinguishable in terms of ribulose‐1,5‐bisphosphate carboxylation and oxidation but exhibit different rates of activation. One form is slowly activated in saturating CO2 and Mg2+ at moderate temperatures (t0.5∼ 120 min at 25°C), the other form rapidly activated (t0.5∼ 8 s). In the presence of the effectors 6‐phosphogluconate or NADPH, significantly lower concentrations of the activating co‐factors can achieve full activation of both enzyme species. However, with another effector, fructose 1,6‐bisphosphate, for the slowly activating species the mode of action is the same as with 6‐phosphogluconate or NADPH, whereas the activation of the rapidly activating species is significantly inhibited. The substrate, ribulose 1,5‐bisphosphate, also inhibits this rapid activation process. A mechanism is proposed for the reactions involving activation that accounts for the differential rates of activation and the response to effectors.

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Journal Article
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European Journal of Biochemistry
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187915
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