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rbcL RuBisCO large subunit [ Nicotiana tabacum (common tobacco) ]

Gene ID: 800513, updated on 10-Dec-2025
Gene symbol
rbcL
Gene description
RuBisCO large subunit
Locus tag
NitaCp031
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
PROVISIONAL
Organism
Nicotiana tabacum (cultivar: Bright Yellow 4)
Lineage
Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliophyta; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; asterids; lamiids; Solanales; Solanaceae; Nicotianoideae; Nicotianeae; Nicotiana
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Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2025_07 current ASM71507v2 (GCF_000715075.1) Plastid (non-nuclear) NC_001879.2 (57600..59033)
RS_2024_11 previous assembly Ntab-TN90 (GCF_000715135.1) Plastid (non-nuclear) NC_001879.2 (57600..59033)

NC_001879.2Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene tRNA-Met Neighboring gene ATP synthase epsilon chain Neighboring gene ATPase beta chain Neighboring gene acetyl-CoA carboxylase beta subunit Neighboring gene PSI I-protein

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. A procedure to introduce point mutations into the Rubisco large subunit gene in wild-type plants. Lin MT, et al. Plant J, 2021 May. PMID 33576096
  2. Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activates O(2) by electron transfer. Bathellier C, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2020 Sep 29. PMID 32934141, Free PMC Article
  3. Catalytic by-product formation and ligand binding by ribulose bisphosphate carboxylases from different phylogenies. Pearce FG. Biochem J, 2006 Nov 1. PMID 16822231, Free PMC Article
  4. Modulation of photosynthetic electron transport in the absence of terminal electron acceptors: characterization of the rbcL deletion mutant of tobacco. Allahverdiyeva Y, et al. Biochim Biophys Acta, 2005 Aug 15. PMID 16038871
  5. The complete nucleotide sequence of the tobacco chloroplast genome: its gene organization and expression. Shinozaki K, et al. EMBO J, 1986 Sep. PMID 16453699, Free PMC Article

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. A procedure to introduce point mutations into the Rubisco large subunit gene in wild-type plants.
    Title: A procedure to introduce point mutations into the Rubisco large subunit gene in wild-type plants.
  2. Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activates O2 by electron transfer.
    Title: Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activates O(2) by electron transfer.
  3. Elevated level of plastid terminal oxidase and the lack of F0 'dark rise' in fluorescence measurements suggest an enhanced plastid terminal oxidase-mediated electron flow to O2 in Delta rbcL thylakoids.
    Title: Modulation of photosynthetic electron transport in the absence of terminal electron acceptors: characterization of the rbcL deletion mutant of tobacco.
  4. Oxygenation by-products were produced by tobacco Rubisco, which converted 0.3% of the initial ribulose-P2 into pentodiulose-P2. It had progressive loss of activity during catalysis at saturating CO2 and ribulose-P2 concentrations.
    Title: Catalytic by-product formation and ligand binding by ribulose bisphosphate carboxylases from different phylogenies.
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Homology

Preferred Names
RuBisCO large subunit
Names
ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_001879.2 Reference assembly

    Range
    57600..59033
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NP_054507.1 ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit [Nicotiana tabacum]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_054507.1

    Status: PROVISIONAL

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    P00876, Q32716
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A075M4T0, A0A140G1S3
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    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
1211235AP.1
1RLC_L.1
4RUB_A.1
4RUB_B.1
4RUB_C.1
4RUB_D.1
P00876.2

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