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Exceptional Sensitivity of Rubisco Activase to Thermal Denaturation in vitro and In vivo by Salvucci, Michael E., Osteryoung, Katherine W., Crafts-Brandner, Steven J., Vierling, Elizabeth

“…Heat stress inhibits photosynthesis by reducing the activation of Rubisco by Rubisco activase. To determine if loss of activase function is caused by protein…”
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Rubisco activity and regulation as targets for crop improvement by Parry, Martin A. J, Andralojc, P. John, Scales, Joanna C, Salvucci, Michael E, Carmo-Silva, A. Elizabete, Alonso, Hernan, Whitney, Spencer M

“…Rubisco (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylase/oxygenase) enables net carbon fixation through the carboxylation of RuBP. However, some characteristics…”
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Raising yield potential of wheat. II. Increasing photosynthetic capacity and efficiency by Parry, Martin A.J, Reynolds, Matthew, Salvucci, Michael E, Raines, Christine, Andralojc, P. John, Zhu, Xin-Guang, Price, G. Dean, Condon, Anthony G, Furbank, Robert T

“…Past increases in yield potential of wheat have largely resulted from improvements in harvest index rather than increased biomass. Further large increases in…”
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The Two Forms of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Activase Differ in Sensitivity to Elevated Temperature by Crafts-Brandner, Steven J., van de Loo, Frank J., Salvucci, Michael E.

“…Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activase often consists of two polypeptides that arise from alternative splicing of pre-mRNA. In this study…”
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differential response of photosynthesis to high temperature for a boreal and temperate Populus species relates to differences in Rubisco activation and Rubisco activase properties by Hozain, Moh'd I, Salvucci, Michael E, Fokar, Mohamed, Holaday, A. Scott

“…Significant inhibition of photosynthesis occurs at temperatures only a few degrees (<or= 10 °C) above the optimum, resulting in a considerable loss of…”
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The mechanism of Rubisco activase: Insights from studies of the properties and structure of the enzyme by Salvucci, M E, Ogren, W L

“…Rubisco, the primary carboxylating enzyme in photosynthesis, must be activated to catalyze CO2 fixation. The concept of an 'activase', a specific protein for…”
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Rubisco Activase Constrains the Photosynthetic Potential of Leaves at High Temperature and CO2 by Crafts-Brandner, Steven J., Salvucci, Michael E.

“…Net photosynthesis (Pn) is inhibited by moderate heat stress. To elucidate the mechanism of inhibition, we examined the effects of temperature on gas exchange…”
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Physical and kinetic evidence for an association between sucrose-phosphate synthase and sucrose-phosphate phosphatase by Echeverria, E, Salvucci, M.E, Gonzalez, P, Paris, G, Salerno, G

“…The possible formation of a multienzyme complex between sucrose (Suc)-phosphate synthase (SPS) and Suc-phosphate phosphatase (SPP) was examined by measuring…”
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A thermoprotective role for sorbitol in the silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii by Wolfe, Gregory R, Hendrix, Donald L, Salvucci, Michael E

“…Accumulation of polyols in insects is well known as a cold-hardening response related to overwintering or to protection against cold shock. The silverleaf…”
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Effect of activase level and isoform on the thermotolerance of photosynthesis in Arabidopsis by Salvucci, Michael E, DeRidder, Benjamin P, Portis, Archie R. Jr

“…Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) activation decreases under moderate heat stress. This decrease is caused by an impairment of activase…”
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Subunit interactions of Rubisco activase: polyethylene glycol promotes self-association, stimulates ATPase and activation activities, and enhances interactions with Rubisco by Salvucci, M E

“…The effect of polyethylene glycol (PEG) on the enzymatic and physical properties of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) activase was…”
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Covalent modification of a highly reactive and essential lysine residue of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activase by Salvucci, M.E

“…Chemical modification of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/ oxygenase (Rubisco) activase with water-soluble N-hydroxysuccinimide esters was used to…”
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Photoaffinity labeling of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activase with ATP gamma-benzophenone. Identification of the ATP gamma-phosphate binding domain by Salvucci, M.E, Rajagopalan, K, Sievert, G, Haley, B.E, Watt, D.S

“…The phosphate-binding domain of the ATP-binding site of tobacco Rubisco (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase) activase was elucidated by…”
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Identification of the major regulatory phosphorylation site in sucrose-phosphate synthase by McMichael, Jr, R W, Klein, R R, Salvucci, M E, Huber, S C

“…Sucrose-phosphate synthase (SPS; EC 2.4.1.14) is regulated in part by reversible protein phosphorylation. When dephospho-SPS is partially purified from…”
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Effect of high temperature on the metabolic processes affecting sorbitol synthesis in the silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii by Salvucci, Michael E, Hendrix, Donald L, Wolfe, Gregory R

“…Whiteflies accumulate the polyhydric alcohol, sorbitol, when exposed to temperatures greater than about 30°C. Feeding experiments using artificial diets…”
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Identification of the uridine-binding domain of sucrose-phosphate synthase. Expression of a region of the protein that photoaffinity labels with 5-azidouridine diphosphate-glucose by Salvucci, M.E, Klein, R.R

“…The uridine diphosphate-glucose (UDP-Glc) binding domain of sucrose-phosphate synthase (SPS) was identified by overexpressing part of the gene from spinach…”
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Moderately high temperatures inhibit ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) activase-mediated activation of Rubisco by Feller, U. (University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.), Crafts-Brandner, S.J, Salvucci, M.E

“…We tested the hypothesis that light activation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) is inhibited by moderately elevated temperature…”
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Cloning and developmental expression of the sucrose-phosphate-synthase gene from spinach by Klein, R.R, Crafts-Brandner, S.J, Salvucci, M.E

“…A 561-base-pair (bp) polymerase-chain-reac- tion (PCR) product of sucrose-phosphate synthase (SPS) was amplified using degenerate oligonucleotide primers…”
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Identification of peptides from the adenine binding domains of ATP and AMP in adenylate kinase: isolation of photoaffinity-labeled peptides by metal chelate chromatography by Salvucci, Michael E, Chavan, Ashok J, Haley, Boyd E

“…Photoaffinity labeling with azidoadenine nucleotides was used to identify peptides from the ATP and AMP binding domains on chicken muscle adenylate kinase…”
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Purification and species distribution of rubisco activase by Salvucci, M.E, Werneke, J.M, Ogren, W.L, Portis, A.R. Jr

“…Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco) activase, a soluble chloroplast protein which promotes light-dependent rubisco activation, was…”
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