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. 1974 Oct;54(4):556–559. doi: 10.1104/pp.54.4.556

Activation of Ribulose 1,5-Diphosphate Carboxylase by Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate and Other Chloroplast Metabolites 1

Douglas K Chu a, James A Bassham a
PMCID: PMC367452  PMID: 16658927

Abstract

Ribulose 1,5-diphosphate carboxylase, when activated by preincubation with 10 mm MgCl2 and 1 mm bicarbonate in the absence of ribulose 1,5-diphosphate, can be further activated about 170% with 0.5 mm NADPH present in the preincubation mixture. NADP+, NADH, and NAD+ are ineffective. The activation by NADPH is comparable to that previously seen with 0.05 to 0.10 mm 6-phosphogluconate in that these specific preincubation conditions are required, but the effects of NADPH and 6-phosphogluconate are not additive. Moreover, where higher concentrations of 6-phosphogluconate inhibited the enzyme, higher concentrations of NADPH give a greater activation, saturating at about 1 mm and 200%. Under the specified conditions of preincubation, fructose 1,6-diphosphate has an activation curve similar to that of 6-phosphogluconate, peaking at 0.1 mm and 70%. Above this level, activation decreases, and inhibition is seen at still higher concentrations. Other metabolites tested produced smaller or no effects on the enzyme activity assayed under these conditions. When either reduced NADP or 6-phosphogluconate are present in the preincubation mixture, it becomes possible to determine the Km for bicarbonate using a Lineweaver-Burk plot, and the Km for bicarbonate under these conditions is 2.8 mm, corresponding to 0.3% CO2 at pH 7.8 and 25 C.

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