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  • Title: The effects of bivalent cations on ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase.
    Author: Christeller JT.
    Journal: Biochem J; 1981 Mar 01; 193(3):839-44. PubMed ID: 6796054.
    Abstract:
    The half-saturation constants for binding of the bivalent cations (Mg2+, Ni2+, Co2+, Fe2+ and Mn2+) to ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from Glycine max and Rhodospirillum rubrum were measured. The values obtained were dependent on the enzyme and the cation present, but were the same for both oxygenase and carboxylase activities. Ribulose bisphosphate rather than its cation complex was the true substrate. The kinetic parameters Vmax.(CO2), Vmax.(O2), Km(CO2), Km(O2), and K1(O2) were determined for both enzymes and each cation activator. The evolutionary and mechanistic implications of these data are discussed.
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