¨Study of the structure-function relationship in maize photosynthetic NADP-malic enzyme¨

CARLOS ANDREO; ENRIQUE DETARSIO; CLARISA ALVAREZ; MARIANA SAIGO; MARÍA FABIANA DRINCOVICH

Glasgow

Congreso; 14th International Congress of Photosynthesis.; 2007

NADP-malic enzyme catalyses the reversible oxidative decarboxylation of L-malate to yield carbon dioxide and pyruvate with the concomitant reduction of NADP. Maize presents at least three isoforms of this enzyme, and the “photosynthetic isoform” is responsible for providing CO2 to the Calvin Cycle for carbon fixation. In this work, different aspects of the enzyme were studied by recombinant protein engineering. different aspects of the enzyme were studied by recombinant protein engineering. different aspects of the enzyme were studied by recombinant protein engineering.