rbcL — Pisum sativum

Summary

PSAT0S5127G0120 (symbol rbcL) in garden pea encodes the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO). This gene is associated with the reductive pentose-phosphate cycle, photorespiration, photosynthetic electron transport, plastid gene expression and transcription, protein targeting, leaf development, cell death, and homeostasis. It has been connected to traits including quantum yield, stomatal resistance, chlorophyll content, and photochemical quenching. The encoded protein contains RuBisCO large subunit domains and is associated with magnesium binding and monooxygenase activity. Related genes in other species link the family to ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase activity (EC 4.1.1.39).