NCBI Accession #
NP_001295873.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_001308944.1
NCBI Official Full Name
ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase small chain 2A, chloroplastic
NCBI Official Symbol
LOC543974
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
rbcS2; LESS 5; RBCS-2A
NCBI Protein Information
ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase small chain 2A, chloroplastic
UniProt Gene Name
RBCS-2A
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
RuBisCO small subunit 2A
UniProt Protein Name
Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase small chain 2A, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
LESS 5
UniProt Primary Accession #
P07179
UniProt Related Accession #
P07179
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 .