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New roads lead to Rubisco in Archaebacteria

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Authors

Mueller-Cajar, Oliver

Badger, Murray

Publisher

The Company of Biologists Ltd

Abstract

The discovery of the CO2-fixing enzyme Rubisco in the Archaebacteria has presented a conundrum in that they apparently lack the gene for phosphoribulokinase, which is required to generate Rubisco's substrate ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP). However, two

Keywords

Keywords: carbon dioxide; phosphoribulokinase; ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase; Archaebacterium; autotrophy; carbon dioxide fixation; enzyme synthesis; nonhuman; short survey; Archaea; Evolution, Molecular; Models, Biological; Photosynthesis; Ribulose-Bisphosphate

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/50011

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Bioessays

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1002/bies.20616

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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