Table 1 Biochemical characterization of extant and ancestral evolved Rubiscos.

From: Directed -in vitro- evolution of Precambrian and extant Rubiscos

Rubisco

In vitro Evolution strategy

Tm (°C)

[Rubisco] (% tsp1)

SC/O (mol.mol−1)

KC (μM)

kcatC (s-1)

kcatC/KC (mM.s-1)

KmRuBP (μM)

RubRr

Modern parent

70.7

28.1 ± 2.6

12.3 ± 0.2

105.2 ± 4.6

13.1 ± 1.1

125.2 ± 16

4.6 ± 1.5

Clone 9

Genetic drift

73.2

23.6 ± 1.3

11.6 ± 0.3

99.6 ± 1.1

12.9 ± 0.2

129.5 ± 2.9

5.4 ± 1.4

Clone 11

Adaptive evolution

74.5

31.0 ± 1.7

11.7 ± 0.2

318.7 ± 40.1

10.6 ± 0.9

33.6 ± 0.3

6.9 ± 0.9

Clone 25

Adaptive evolution

77.4

28.2 ± 1.2

12.7 ± 0.3

178.0 ± 4.1

8.1 ± 0.5

45.2 ± 1.9

45.9 ± 1.5

Clone 27

Adaptive evolution

74.2

34.6 ± 4.9

12.1 ± 0.2

111.5 ± 2.2

14.1 ± 1.1

126.5 ± 8.3

8.7 ± 0.8

MRPro

Ancestral parent

69.0

45.0 ± 4.7

6.5 ± 0.2

97.7 ± 3.2

4.0 ± 0.2

40.7 ± 1.1

158.3 ± 16.2

Clone B2

MORPHING

75.0

44.9 ± 6.9

6.9 ± 0.1

198.2 ± 15.4

1.4 ± 0.1

7.1 ± 0.7

375.1 ± 42.9

Clone B3

Adaptive evolution

70.0

41.4 ± 2.6

6.2 ± 0.1

105.1 ± 6.3

3.8 ± 0.5

36.3 ± 2.9

164.4 ± 13.8

Clone B9

Adaptive evolution

n.d.

56.5 ± 3.3

7.7 ± 0.6

94.9 ± 2.7

3.5 ± 0.1

36.6 ± 2.5

206.7 ± 14.8

  1. 1Tsp, total soluble protein.