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Image Title: Alpha carbon backbone of the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
Image Credit: Elizabeth A. Kellogg, Harvard University
AJB Editor: Karl Niklas, Cornell University
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Alpha carbon backbone of the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, color coded to show residues conserved throughout the 300 million years of evolution of the seed plants. Absolutely conserved residues in red, residues with one substitution in green, and variable sites in blue.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

The structure and function of RuBisCO and their implications for systematic studies

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