ID RBS_FAGCR Reviewed; 182 AA. AC O22077; DT 15-DEC-1998, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-JAN-1998, sequence version 1. DT 27-MAR-2024, entry version 93. DE RecName: Full=Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit, chloroplastic {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00860}; DE Short=RuBisCO small subunit {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00860}; DE Flags: Precursor; GN Name=RBCS {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00860}; Synonyms=RBCS1; OS Fagus crenata (Japanese beech). OC Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; OC Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; OC rosids; fabids; Fagales; Fagaceae; Fagus. OX NCBI_TaxID=28929; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA]. RC TISSUE=Leaf; RA Saito H., Futamura N., Mukai Y., Kakubari Y., Shinohara K.; RT "Molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding the small subunit of ribulose-1,5- RT bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from the Japanese Beech (Fagus crenata RT Blume)."; RL (er) Plant Gene Register PGR97-143(1997). CC -!- FUNCTION: RuBisCO catalyzes two reactions: the carboxylation of D- CC ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate, the primary event in carbon dioxide CC fixation, as well as the oxidative fragmentation of the pentose CC substrate. Both reactions occur simultaneously and in competition at CC the same active site. Although the small subunit is not catalytic it is CC essential for maximal activity. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00860}. CC -!- SUBUNIT: Heterohexadecamer of 8 large and 8 small subunits. CC {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00860}. CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Plastid, chloroplast {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- CC Rule:MF_00860}. CC -!- MISCELLANEOUS: The basic functional RuBisCO is composed of a large CC chain homodimer in a 'head-to-tail' conformation. In form I RuBisCO CC this homodimer is arranged in a barrel-like tetramer with the small CC subunits forming a tetrameric 'cap' on each end of the 'barrel'. CC {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00860}. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the RuBisCO small chain family. CC {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00860}. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; AB006080; BAA23214.1; -; mRNA. DR AlphaFoldDB; O22077; -. DR SMR; O22077; -. DR GO; GO:0009507; C:chloroplast; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell. DR GO; GO:0016984; F:ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase activity; IEA:UniProtKB-UniRule. DR GO; GO:0009853; P:photorespiration; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0019253; P:reductive pentose-phosphate cycle; IEA:UniProtKB-UniRule. DR CDD; cd03527; RuBisCO_small; 1. DR Gene3D; 3.30.190.10; Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase, small subunit; 1. DR HAMAP; MF_00859; RuBisCO_S_bact; 1. DR InterPro; IPR024681; RuBisCO_ssu. DR InterPro; IPR000894; RuBisCO_ssu_dom. DR InterPro; IPR024680; RuBisCO_ssu_N. DR InterPro; IPR036385; RuBisCO_ssu_sf. DR PANTHER; PTHR31262; RIBULOSE BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE SMALL CHAIN 1, CHLOROPLASTIC; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR31262:SF19; RIBULOSE BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE SMALL SUBUNIT, CHLOROPLASTIC 2; 1. DR Pfam; PF12338; RbcS; 1. DR Pfam; PF00101; RuBisCO_small; 1. DR PRINTS; PR00152; RUBISCOSMALL. DR SMART; SM00961; RuBisCO_small; 1. DR SUPFAM; SSF55239; RuBisCO, small subunit; 1. PE 2: Evidence at transcript level; KW Calvin cycle; Carbon dioxide fixation; Chloroplast; Photorespiration; KW Photosynthesis; Plastid; Transit peptide. FT TRANSIT 1..58 FT /note="Chloroplast" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00860" FT CHAIN 59..182 FT /note="Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit, FT chloroplastic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00860" FT /id="PRO_0000031491" SQ SEQUENCE 182 AA; 20335 MW; 30262C73DB89FE88 CRC64; MASSMISSAT VATVSRATPA QATMVAPFTG LKSTAAFPAT RKSNNDITSL ASNGGRVQCM KVWPPLGLQK FETLSYLPPL SIESLAKQIE YLILKGWIPC LEFELEHPFV YRENNRSPGY YDGRYWVMWK LPMFGCTDAT QVLAELQEAS KTYPTSHIRI IGFDNKRQVQ CISFIAYKPP AK //