Purification and initial characterization of the CbbQ-CbbO protein complex from acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, a possible rubisco activation system of chemoautotrophic bacteria.

• Main Author: Guo, ZhiJun.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Biochemistry
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52946
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) catalyzes the fixation of CO2 via the Calvin Benson Bassham cycle. Rubisco is prone to inhibition by its substrate Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate, which tightly binds to the uncarbamylated active site. In plants and red algae, an ATPase associated...