rbcL — Pisum sativum

Summary

PSAT0S1330G0280, the rbcL gene of garden pea (Pisum sativum) on chromosome CAADHX020003857.1, encodes the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO). The product possesses RuBisCO activity, magnesium binding, and monooxygenase activity, and is associated with the reductive pentose-phosphate cycle, photosynthetic electron transport chain, photorespiration, plastid gene expression and transcription, protein targeting, leaf development, cell death, and homeostasis. It localises to the chloroplast. The gene is linked to key photosynthetic traits including quantum yield, stomatal resistance, chlorophyll content, and photochemical quenching. Related genes in other species connect the family to RuBisCO enzyme activity (EC 4.1.1.39).