An exploration of the folding and assembly requirements of diverse bacterial rubiscos

• Main Author: Ramya, Ramaswamy Chettiyan Seetharaman
• Other Authors: Oliver Mueller-Cajar
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences::Biochemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93623; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49945
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Ribulose 1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) is the most abundant enzyme representing the main gateway of inorganic carbon into the biosphere by catalysing CO2-fixation during photosynthesis. In spite of its pivotal role, the enzyme has poor kinetics and substrate specificity. Structur...