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The high-CO2-requiring mutant of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942, EK6, was obtained after extension of the C terminus of the small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco). The carboxysomes in EK6 were much larger than in the wild type, but the cellular distribution of the large and small sub-units of Rubisco was not affected. The kinetic parameters of in vitro-activated Rubisco were similar in EK6 and in the wild type. On the other hand, Rubisco appeared to be in a low state of activation in situ in EK6 cells pretreated with an air level of CO2. This was deduced from the appearance of a lag phase when carboxylation was followed with time in cells permeabilized by detergent and subsequently supplied with saturating CO2 and RuBP. Pretreatment of the cells with high CO2 virtually abolished the lag. After low-CO2 treatment, the internal RuBP pool was much higher in mutant cells than in the wild-type cells; pretreatment with high CO2 reduced the pool in mutant cells. We suggest that the high-CO2-requiring phenotype in mutants that possess aberrant carboxysomes arises from the inactivated state of Rubisco when the cells are exposed to low CO2.

Low Activation State of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase in Carboxysome-Defective Synechococcus Mutants