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rbcL ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit [ Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ]

Gene ID: 2717040, updated on 16-Jun-2026
Gene symbol
rbcL
Gene description
ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit
Locus tag
ChreCp049
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
PROVISIONAL
Organism
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Lineage
Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Chlorophyta; core chlorophytes; Chlorophyceae; CS clade; Chlamydomonadales; Chlamydomonadaceae; Chlamydomonas
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Sequence:
NC_005353.1 (122490..123917, complement)

NC_005353.1Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene photosystem I P700 chlorophyll a apoprotein A2 Neighboring gene tRNA-Gly Neighboring gene ATP synthase CF1 alpha subunit Neighboring gene photosystem II protein I

Genomic Sequence:
NC_005353.1

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. The state of oligomerization of Rubisco controls the rate of synthesis of the Rubisco large subunit in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Wietrzynski W, et al. Plant Cell, 2021 Jul 2. PMID 33625514, Free PMC Article
  2. Targeted quantitative analysis of a diurnal RuBisCO subunit expression and translation profile in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii introducing a novel Mass Western approach. Recuenco-Muñoz L, et al. J Proteomics, 2015 Jan 15. PMID 25301535
  3. Proton gradient regulation 5-mediated cyclic electron flow under ATP- or redox-limited conditions: a study of ΔATpase pgr5 and ΔrbcL pgr5 mutants in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Johnson X, et al. Plant Physiol, 2014 May. PMID 24623849, Free PMC Article
  4. Plant-like substitutions in the large-subunit carboxy terminus of Chlamydomonas Rubisco increase CO2/O2 specificity. Satagopan S, et al. BMC Plant Biol, 2008 Jul 30. PMID 18664299, Free PMC Article
  5. Structural and functional consequences of the replacement of proximal residues Cys(172) and Cys(192) in the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. García-Murria MJ, et al. Biochem J, 2008 Apr 15. PMID 18072944

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. The state of oligomerization of Rubisco controls the rate of synthesis of the Rubisco large subunit in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
    Title: The state of oligomerization of Rubisco controls the rate of synthesis of the Rubisco large subunit in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
  2. A novel MS based approach enabling the exact stoichiometric analysis and absolute quantification of protein complexes is presented in this article. The application of this method revealed new insights in RuBisCO subunit dynamics.
    Title: Targeted quantitative analysis of a diurnal RuBisCO subunit expression and translation profile in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii introducing a novel Mass Western approach.
  3. In the absence of Rubisco and PGR5, a sustained electron flow is maintained with molecular oxygen instead of carbon dioxide serving as the terminal electron acceptor.
    Title: Proton gradient regulation 5-mediated cyclic electron flow under ATP- or redox-limited conditions: a study of ΔATpase pgr5 and ΔrbcL pgr5 mutants in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
  4. The quadruple-mutant enzyme has a 10% increase in CO2/O2 specificity and a lower carboxylation catalytic efficiency.
    Title: Plant-like substitutions in the large-subunit carboxy terminus of Chlamydomonas Rubisco increase CO2/O2 specificity.
  5. Results indicated that the two inverted repeats function as redundant mRNA stability determinants in the 3' UTR of rbcL.
    Title: Redundant cis-acting determinants of 3' processing and RNA stability in the chloroplast rbcL mRNA of Chlamydomonas.
  6. C172S Rubisco showed a critical denaturation temperature approx
    Title: Structural and functional consequences of the replacement of proximal residues Cys(172) and Cys(192) in the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
  7. A variety of subtle interactions must be responsible for catalytic efficiency and CO2/O2 specificity of rbcL.
    Title: Structural analysis of altered large-subunit loop-6/carboxy-terminus interactions that influence catalytic efficiency and CO2/O2 specificity of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase.
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Preferred Names
ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_005353.1 Reference assembly

    Range
    122490..123917 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NP_958405.1 ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (chloroplast) [Chlamydomonas reinhardtii]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_958405.1

    Status: PROVISIONAL

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    B7U1I9, P00877
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    cd08212
    Location:23 → 473
    RuBisCO_large_I; Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase large chain, Form I
    CHL00040
    Location:1 → 475
    rbcL; ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit
Nucleotide Protein
Heading Accession and Version
Protein Accession Links
GenPept Link UniProtKB Link
P00877.1

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