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. 2010 Sep 24;192(22):5881–5886. doi: 10.1128/JB.00903-10

TABLE 1.

Specific activities of RubisCO in different fractions

Source of RubisCO Sp act (μmol CO2 fixed/min/mg of protein)
Wild type Φ(cbbS-gfp) (Hyb)::Kanr
Intact carboxysomes 1.482 ± 0.006 0.736 ± 0.007
Broken carboxysomes 1.626 ± 0.007 0.618 ± 0.014
Shell-enriched fraction 0.989 ± 0.005 0.428 ± 0.002
Freed RubisCO 2.442 ± 0.037 0.011 ± 0.001