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The active site of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase

Posted on:1994-03-30Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:Washington State UniversityCandidate:Lee, Garrett JustinFull Text:PDF
GTID:1470390014994409Subject:Biology
Abstract/Summary:
Part I. Site-directed mutagenesis was used to change Ser376 in the active site of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans to Cys, Thr, or Ala. The mutant enzymes exhibited carboxylase activities that were reduced by 99% or more. The K;Part II. A rapid method to determine the CO;Part III. The role of Leu332 in ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans was investigated by site-directed mutagenesis. Substitutions of this residue with Met, Ile, Val, Thr or Ala decreased the CO...
Keywords/Search Tags:Active site, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from the cyanobacterium, Carboxylase/oxygenase from the cyanobacterium anacystis, Site-directed mutagenesis
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