This enzyme has two protein subunits, called the S and L chains; the latter contains active binding sites for its primary substrate.
This enzyme has two protein subunits, called the S and L chains; the latter contains active binding sites for its primary substrate. With that substrate and oxygen, the enzyme produces phosphoglycolate, which can be used to produce glycine, but its more important function comes from using carbon dioxide as a substrate, producing 3-phosphoglycerate that can in turn be converted into glucose. For 10 points, identify this plant enzyme, the rate- limiting factor of the Calvin cycle responsible for fixing carbon with ribulose and perhaps the most abundant enzyme on Earth.
This enzyme has two protein subunits, called the S and L chains; the latter contains active binding sites for its primary substrate.
{RuBisCO}, or {Ribulose-1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase}