rbcL — Pisum sativum

Summary

PSAT6G145640 (symbol rbcL) in garden pea (Pisum sativum) on chromosome 6LG2 encodes a protein with RuBisCO, RuBisCO_lsu_C, and RuBisCO_lsu_C_sf domains. The gene product is associated with RuBisCO activity, magnesium binding, and monooxygenase activity. It 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. The protein localises to the chloroplast. This gene has been linked to traits including quantum yield, stomatal resistance, chlorophyll content, and photochemical quenching. Studies of related genes in other species, linked by sequence similarity, also place the family within RuBisCO large chain and EC 4.1.1.39.