Catalytic efficiency of Rubisco
| Range | ~3 Carbons/active site/sec |
|---|---|
| Organism | Unspecified |
| Reference | Losh JL, Young JN, Morel FM. Rubisco is a small fraction of total protein in marine phytoplankton. New Phytol. 2013 Jan 24. doi: 10.1111/nph.12143. p.1 left columnPubMed ID23343368 |
| Comments | "...this enzyme has a relatively slow catalytic efficiency (c. 3 carbons/active site/sec), has difficulty discriminating between CO2 and O2 as a substrate, and in the surface ocean, is undersaturated for CO2 (Badger et al., 1998)." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 108735 |