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. 1999 Jul;181(13):3935–3941. doi: 10.1128/jb.181.13.3935-3941.1999

TABLE 2.

RubisCO kinetic properties

RubisCO Ω (mean ± SD) KCO2b (μM) KRuBPb (μM) Vmax (U/mg) kcatc (s−1) Fallover
R. capsulatus form I 25.9 ± 0.96 (6a) 29 8 3.4 3.7 +
R. sphaeroides form I 55.7 ± 2.5 (5) 22 17 2.5 2.8 +
Synechococcus strain PCC 6301 38.5 ± 3.0 (21) 173 39 2.5 2.7 −
a

Number of individual determinations. 

b

Average of multiple determinations using direct plot analysis which varied 10% or less between individual assays (12). 

c

Approximated by using Vmax and holoenzyme molecular weight predicted from the deduced amino acid sequence (27).