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Zhu X-G, Portis AR Jr. and Long SP (2004) Would transformation of C3 crop plants with foreign Rubisco increase productivity? A computational analysis extrapolating from kinetic properties to canopy photosynthesis. Plant Cell Environ. 27:155-165.

Dhingra A, Portis AR Jr and Daniell H (2004) Enhanced translation of a chloroplast-expressed RbcS gene restores small subunit levels and photosynthesis in nuclear RbcS antisense plants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101:6315-6320.

Portis AR Jr. (2003) Rubisco activase Rubiscos catalytic chaperone. Photosynth. Res. 75:11-27. PostTrans03.pdf

Houtz RL and Portis AR Jr. (2003) The life of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase posttranslational facts and mysteries. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 414: 150-158. PR-review03.pdf

Zhang N, Kallis RP, Ewy RG and Portis AR Jr. (2002) Light modulation of Rubisco in Arabidopsis requires redox regulation of the larger Rubisco activase isoform. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:3330-3334. PNAS-02.pdf

Bernacchi CJ, Singsaas EL, Pimentel C, Portis AR Jr. and Long SP (2001) Improved temperature response functions for models of Rubisco-limited photosynthesis. Plant Cell Environ. 24: 253-259. PC&E01.pdf

Zhang X-H, Widholm JM and Portis AR Jr. (2001) Photosynthetic properties of two different soybean suspension cultures. J. Plant Physiol. 158: 357-365.

Zhang N, Schürmann P and Portis AR Jr. (2001) Characterization of the regulatory function of the 46-kDa isoform of Rubisco activase from Arabidopsis. Photosynth. Res. 68: 29-37.

Zhang X-H, Brotherton JE, Widholm JM and Portis AR Jr. (2001) Targeting a nuclear anthranilate synthase a-subunit gene (ASA2) to the tobacco plastid genome results in enhanced tryptophan biosynthesis - return of a gene to its pre-endosymbiotoc origin. Plant Physiol. 127:131-141. PlantPhys01.pdf

Zhang X-H, Portis AR Jr. and Wildholm JM (2001) Plastid transformation of soybean suspension cultures. J. Plant Biotechnology, in press.

Portis AR Jr. (2001) The Rubisco activase - Rubisco system: an ATPase dependent association that regulates photosynthesis. In: Protein - Protein Interactions in Plant Biology, M. McManus, W. Laing and A. Allen eds., Annual Plant Rev. Vol 7, Sheffield Academic Press, Sheffield England.

Kallis RP, Ewy RG & Portis AR Jr. (2000) Alteration of the adenine nucleotide response and increased Rubisco activation activity of Arabidopsis Rubisco activase by site-directed mutagenesis. Plant Physiol. 123: 1077-1086. PlantPhys00.pdf

Ott CM, Smith BD, Portis AR Jr. & Spreitzer RJ (2000) Activase region on chloroplast ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. Nonconservative substitution in the large subunit alters species specificity of protein interaction. J. Biol. Chem. 275: 26241-26244. JBC00.pdf

Zhang N & Portis AR Jr. (1999) Mechanism of light activation of Rubisco: A specific role for the larger Rubisco activase isoform involving reductive activation by thioredoxin-f. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96: 9438-9443. PNAS99.pdf

Kane HJ, Wilkin J-M, Portis AR Jr. & Andrews TJ (1998) Potent inhibition of ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase by an oxidized impurity in ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate. Plant Physiol. 117: 1059-1069.

Esau BD, Snyder GW & Portis AR Jr. (1998) Activation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) with chimeric activase proteins. Photosynth. Res. 58:175-181.

Larson EM, O'Brien CM, Zhu G, Spreitzer RJ & Portis AR Jr. (1997) Specificity for activase is changed by a Pro-89 to Arg substitution in the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. J. Biol. Chem. 272:17033-17037. JBC97.pdf

Eckardt NA, Snyder GW, Portis AR Jr. & Ogren WL (1997) Growth and photosynthesis under high and low irradiance of Arabidopsis thaliana antisense mutants with reduced ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activase content. Plant Physiol. 113:575-586.

Lilley RM and Portis AR Jr. (1997) ATP hydrolysis activity and polymerization state of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase activase. Do the effects of Mg2+, K+ and activase concentrations indicate a functional similarity to actin? Plant Physiol. 114:605-613.

Esau BD, Snyder GW and Portis AR Jr. (1996) Differential effects of N- and C-terminal deletions on the two activities of Rubisco activase. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 326:100-105.

Portis AR Jr. (1995) The regulation of Rubisco by Rubisco activase. J. Exp. Bot. 46:1285-1291.

 

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