ISSN 2167-0447
International Journal of Agricultural Sciences ISSN: 2167-0447 Vol. 15 (5), pp. 001-005, May, 2025. Available online at www.internationalscholarsjournals.org © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Evaluating the Effects of HCO3–, K+, and HSO3– on Rubisco Subunit Gene Expression (rbcL and rbcS)
Jianjun Hao*, Lina Liu, Yang Yu and Ruizhi Zhou
College of Biological Science and Technology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110161, China.
Accepted 15 April, 2025
KHCO3 and NaHSO3 were sprayed on the leaves of cucumber, and HCO3-, K+, HSO3- in liquor can accelerate the expression of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RUBISCO) large-subunit (rbcL) and RUBISCO small-subunit (rbcS) genes. These results proved that, mRNA content in the leaves of rbcL and rbcS was increased and the carboxylation activity of RUBISCO was also improved obviously, the content of RUBISCO has not increased but decreased. According to the analysis, we obtain that K+ ,HCO3-, HSO3- could affect the expression of rbcL and rbcS in a transcription way.
Key words: RUBISCO large-subunit (rbcL), RUBISCO small-subunit (rbcS) expression, RUBISCO.