Kcat of RuBisCO
| Value | 3 Sec^-1 |
|---|---|
| Organism | Unspecified |
| Reference | Stitt M, Lunn J, Usadel B. Arabidopsis and primary photosynthetic metabolism - more than the icing on the cake. Plant J. 2010 Mar61(6):1067-91. p.1070 right column 3rd paragraphPubMed ID20409279 |
| Primary Source | Tcherkez, GG., Farquhar, GD., Andrews,TJ. Despite slow catalysis and confused substrate specificity, all ribulose bisphosphate carboxylases may be nearly perfectly optimized. PNAS 2006. 103(19):7246-7251PubMed ID16641091 |
| Comments | RubisCO has a remarkably low kcat (3 sec^-1), for reasons that are interwoven with the reaction mechanism of this unique enzyme (primary source). |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 107429 |