rbcL — Pisum sativum

Summary

PSAT2G136760 (symbol rbcL) on garden pea chromosome 2LG1 encodes a protein belonging to the RuBisCO large subunit family. The product possesses RuBisCO activity, magnesium binding, and monooxygenase activity. This gene 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 has been linked to quantum yield, stomatal resistance, chlorophyll content, and photochemical quenching. Related genes in other species confirm the family's role in carbon fixation (EC 4.1.1.39). The product localises to the chloroplast.