Patrick Schall

Rubisco functional integrity requires a dedicated three-step maturation pathway

Proteins generally begin with methionine, which is often removed to expose the second residue. RuBP carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco), the most abundant enzyme on Earth and a major carbon and nitrogen reservoir, escapes this paradigm. Its catalytic subunit, RbcL, undergoes unusual amino terminal maturation, including aty...