rbcL — Pisum sativum

Summary

PSAT2G138800 (symbol rbcL) encodes the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase large chain, a RuBisCO protein (EC 4.1.1.39), and is annotated with 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 is linked to traits including quantum yield, stomatal resistance, chlorophyll content, and photochemical quenching. The product localizes to the chloroplast. Related genes in other species link the family to similar photosynthetic functions.