rbcL — Pisum sativum

Summary

PSAT0S1661G0040 (symbol rbcL) in garden pea (Pisum sativum) encodes the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO). The gene product possesses RuBisCO activity, magnesium binding, and monooxygenase activity, and is associated with the reductive pentose-phosphate cycle, photorespiration, photosynthetic electron transport, plastid gene expression and transcription, protein targeting, leaf development, and cell death. It has been connected to traits including quantum yield, stomatal resistance, chlorophyll content, and photochemical quenching. Related genes in other species link the family to EC 4.1.1.39 (ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase).