Rubisco-the key regulatory enzyme in photosynthetic carbon assimilation-is activated in vivo by the chloroplast enzyme Rubisco activase (Portis, 1990). Previous studies in which Rubisco antisense DNA mutants of tobacco were used have revealed that under some circumstances Rubisco activase can play a central role in regulating the photosynthetic
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