| Value |
38400
RuBisCo molecules/carboxysome
|
| Organism |
Cyanobacteria Anabaena |
| Reference |
Reinholld, Kosloffr, and Kaplan, 1991. A model for inorganic carbon fluxes and photosynthesis in cyanobacterial carboxysomes. Can. J. Bot. 69: pp. 985 |
| Method |
electron micrograph of the Anabaena cell indicated a radius of about 200 nm for the carboxysome. Making appropriate allowance for the fact that small spheres closely packed into a larger sphere only occupy about 60% of the volume, researchers estimate that the carboxysome could contain (200^3 x 0.6)/5^3 =38400 molecules of RuBisCo. Assuming RuBisCo molecule to be spherical and taking radius of 5 nm (see BNID 102650) |
| Comments |
This is an estimate based on calculation. See BNID 101678 for an experimetal value |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
102651 |