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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The signals flow from the chloroplast to the nucleus is retrograde:

plastidial ferrochelatase I catalyzes the synthesis of heme, which in turn regulates the expression of nuclear encoded, chloroplast‐targeted proteins in greening leaves.

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Forms I, II, and III are catalytically competent, while members of form IV lack Rubisco activity and play other roles in metabolism.

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Form I is the only type of Rubisco that harbors small subunits, and it consists of eight large and eight small subunits [L8S8]: Four dimers of large subunits [L2]4 capped by four small subunits at the top and the bottom [S4]2 build the hexadecameric structure {[S4]•[L2]4•[S4] = L8S8}

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The assembly chaperone (RbcX)2 help to fold RUBISCO

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Only three molecules of CO2 are fixed per second per molecule of rubisco at 250C.

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Rubisco-activase is regulated by light via the ferredoxin–thioredoxin system.