rbcL — Pisum sativum

Summary

PSAT5G033360 (symbol rbcL) in garden pea (Pisum sativum) on chromosome 5LG3 encodes a protein with a RuBisCO domain. The product possesses RuBisCO activity, monooxygenase activity, and magnesium binding, and is associated with the reductive pentose-phosphate cycle, photorespiration, and the photosynthetic electron transport chain. The gene is associated with plastid gene expression, plastid transcription, protein targeting, leaf development, cell death, and homeostasis. It has been linked to traits including quantum yield, stomatal resistance, chlorophyll content, and photochemical quenching. Related genes in other species link the RuBisCO large subunit family to the Calvin-Benson cycle and photorespiratory metabolism.