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Percent of total leaf nitrogen contained in Rubisco in C3 plants

Range	20-30 %
Organism	Plants
Reference	Feller, U. et al. Rubiscolytics: fate of Rubisco after its enzymatic function in a cell is terminated. 2008. J Exp Botany. 59(7) pp.1615-1624 p.1615 right column bottom paragraphPubMed ID17975207
Primary Source	Evans JR, Seemann JR. 1989. The allocation of protein nitrogen in the photosynthetic apparatus: cost, consequences and control. In: Briggs WR, ed. Photosynthesis. New York: Alan R. Liss Inc., 183–205. Makino A. 2003. Rubisco and nitrogen relationships in rice. Leaf photosynthesis and plant growth. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 49, 319–327. Kumar PA, Parry MAJ, Mitchell RAC, Ahmad A, Abrol YP. 2002. Photosynthesis and nitrogen use-efficiency. In: Foyer CH, Noctor G, eds. Photosynthetic nitrogen assimilation and associated carbon and respiratory metabolism. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 23–34. Makino et al. Distinctive Responses of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase and Carbonic Anhydrase in Wheat Leaves to Nitrogen Nutrition and their Possible Relationships to CO(2)-Transfer Resistance. Plant Physiol. 1992. Dec100(4):1737-1743.PubMed ID16653191
Comments	"Rubisco is the predominant protein in leaves of C3 plants and may contribute up to 50% to the soluble leaf proteins (BNID 110003) and 20–30% of total leaf nitrogen (primary sources)."
Entered by	Phil Mongiovi
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