NCBI Accession #
XP_015619408.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
XM_015763922.1
NCBI Official Full Name
ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase small chain A, chloroplastic
NCBI Official Symbol
LOC4352014
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
RBCS-A
NCBI Protein Information
ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase small chain A, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
RuBisCO small subunit A
UniProt Protein Name
Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase small chain A, chloroplastic
UniProt Primary Accession #
P18566
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q0INU2; Q6SYB2
UniProt Related Accession #
P18566
UniProt Comments
RuBisCO catalyzes two reactions: the carboxylation of D-ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate, the primary event in carbon dioxide fixation, as well as the oxidative fragmentation of the pentose substrate. Both reactions occur simultaneously and in competition at the same active site .