Concentration of active site of RuBisCO

Range ~4 mM
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
Comments RubisCO represents up to 40% of the protein in a leaf, and is present at 10–20 times higher concentrations than the other enzymes in the pathway (Piques et al., 2009), with an active site concentration of about 4 mM.
Entered by Uri M
ID 107432