Biochemical characterization of predicted Precambrian RuBisCO

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Shih, Patrick M ^a   Occhialini, Alessandro ^b   Cameron, Jeffrey C ^a   Andralojc, P John ^b   Parry, Martin A J ^b,c   Kerfeld, Cheryl A ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Michigan State University   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYME; RUBISCO ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIXATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRECAMBRIAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARBOXYLATION; CHROMATIUM VINOSUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; KINETIC PARAMETERS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84955449241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10382     Document Type: Article

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