Michael E. Salvucci Research Plant Physiologist Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.) Biophysical characterization of higher plant Rubisco activase - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (08-Sep-12) Steady-state chlorophyll flourescence (Fs) as a tool to monitor plant heat and drought stress - (Abstract Only) - (23-Jul-12) Protein Oligomerization Monitored by Fluorescence Fluctuation Spectroscopy: Self-Assembly of Rubisco Activase - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Chakraborty, M., Kuriata, A.M., Henderson, J.N., Salvucci, M.E., Wachter, R.M., Levitus, M., 2012. Protein Oligomerization Monitored by Fluorescence Fluctuation Spectroscopy: Self-Assembly of Rubisco Activase. Biophysical Journal, 103:949-958. The temperature response of CO2 assimilation, photochemical activities and rubisco activation in camelina sativa, a potential bioenergy crop with limited capacity for acclimation to heat stress. - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Do Carmo Silva, A., Salvucci, M.E., 2012. The temperature response of CO2 assimilation, photochemical activities and rubisco activation in camelina sativa, a potential bioenergy crop with limited capacity for acclimation to heat stress. Planta, DOI:10.1007/s00425-012-1691-1. Decreased CO2 availability and inactivation of Rubisco limit photosynthesis in cotton plants under heat and drought stress in the field - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Do Carmo Silva, A., Gore, M.A., Andrade-Sanchez, P., French, A.N., Hunsaker, D.J., Salvucci, M.E. 2012. Decreased CO2 availability and inactivation of Rubisco limit photosynthesis in cotton plants under heat and drought stress in the field. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 83:1-11. Rubisco activity is associated with photosynthetic thermotolerance in a wild rice (Oryza meridionalis) - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Scafaro, A.P., Yamori, W., Do Carmo Silva, A., Salvucci, M.E., Von Caemmerer, S., Atwell, B.J., 2012. Rubisco activity is associated with photosynthetic thermotolerance in a wild rice (Oryza meridionalis). Physiologia Plantarum, 146:99-109. Atomic resolution x-ray structure of the substrate recognition domain of higher plant rubisco activase - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Henderson, J.N., Kuriata, A., Fromme, R., Salvucci, M.E., Watcher, R.M., 2011. Atomic resolution x-ray structure of the substrate recognition domain of higher plant rubisco activase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286:35683-35688. The activity of Rubisco's molecular chaperone, Rubisco activase, in leaf extracts - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Do Carmo Silva, A., Salvucci, M.E., 2011. The activity of Rubisco's molecular chaperone, Rubisco activase, in leaf extracts. Photosynthesis Research. 108:143-155. Isolation and Compositional Analysis of a CP12-Associated Complex of Calvin Cycle Enzymes from Nicotiana tabacum - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Do Carmo Silva, A., Marri, L., Sparla, F., Salvucci, M.E., 2011. Isolation and compositional analysis of a CP12-associated complex of Calvin cycle enzymes from nicotiana tabacum. Protein and Peptide Letters. 18:618-624. Raising yield potential in wheat: increasing photosynthesis capacity and efficiency - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Parry, M.A., Reynolds, M., Salvucci, M.E., Raines, C., Andralojc, P.J., Zhu, X., Price, D., Furbank, R., 2010. Raising yield potential in wheat: increasing photosynthesis capacity and efficiency. Journal of Experimental Botany. 62(2):453-467. Photosynthesis and assimilate partitioning between carbohydrates and isoprenoid products in vegetatively active and dormant guayule: physiological and environmental constraints on rubber accumulation in a semiarid shrub - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Salvucci, M.E., Barta, C., Byers, J.A., Canarini, A. 2010. Photosynthesis and assimilate partitioning between carbohydrates and isoprenoid products in vegetatively active and dormant guayule: physiological and environmental constraints on rubber accumulation in a semiarid shrub. Physiological Plantarum. 140:368-379. Complex Ploidy Level Variation in Guayule Breeding Programs - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Gore, M.A., Coyle, G.G., Friebe, B., Coffelt, T.A., Salvucci, M.E. 2011. Complex ploidy level variation in guayule breeding programs. Crop Science. 51:210-216. Structural Changes Associated with the Acute Thermal Instability of Rubisco Activase - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Barta, C., Chausse, A., Wachter, R.M., Salvucci, M.E. Structural Changes Associated with the Acute Thermal Instability of Rubisco Activase. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (2010) 499:17-25. Enhancing Rubisco activity at higher temperatures by re-engineering of Rubisco activase - (Proceedings) - (08-Apr-10) Insecticidal Activity of Some Reducing Sugars Against the Sweet Potato Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, Biotype B - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (06-Apr-10) Effect of temperature and CO2-enrichment on photosynthesis and the levels of carbohydrates and isoprenoid pathway products in guayule, a latex producing shrub - (Abstract Only) - (14-Mar-10) Activation of Rubisco by activase in leaf extracts - (Abstract Only) - (14-Mar-10) Structural changes associated with the acute thermal instability of Rubisco activase - (Abstract Only) - (14-Mar-10) Purification of Rubisco Activase from Leaves or after Expression in Escherichia coli. - (Book / Chapter) Barta, C., Do Carmo Silva, A., Salvucci, M.E., 2010. Purification of rubisco activase from leaves or after expression in escherichia coli. Methods in Molecular Biology. 684:363-374. Rubisco Activase Activity Assays - (Book / Chapter) Barta, C., Do Carmo Silva, A., Salvucci, M.E., 2010. Rubisco activase activity assays. Methods in Molecular Biology. 684:375-382. Isolation of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase from Leaves - (Book / Chapter) Do Carmo Silva, A., Barta, C., Salvucci, M.E., 2010. Isolation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from leaves. Methods in Molecular Biology. 684:339-347. The differential response of photosynthesis to high temperature for a boreal and temperate Populus species relates to differences in Rubisco activation and Rubisco activase properties - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Hozain, M.I., Salvucci, M.E., Holaday, A.S., 2010. The differential response of photosynthesis to high temperature for a boreal and temperate Populus species relates to differences in Rubisco activation and Rubisco activase properties. Tree Physiology, 30:32-44. Improved methods for extraction and quantification of resin and rubber from guayule - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Salvucci, M.E., Coffelt, T.A., Cornish, K. 2009. Improved methods for extraction and quantification of resin and rubber from guayule. Industrial Crops and Products 2009. 30:9-16. Association of activase with chaperonin-60 beta: a possible mechanism for protecting photosynthesis during heat stress - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Salvucci, M.E. 2008. Association of activase with chaperonin-60 beta: a possible mechanism for protecting photosynthesis during heat stress. Journal of Experimental Botany(59): 1923-1933. Regulation of Rubisco activase and its interaction with Rubisco - (Review Article) Portis Jr., A.R., Li, C., Wang, D., Salvucci, M.E. 2008. Regulation of Rubisco activase and its interaction with Rubisco. Journal of Experimental Botany. 59(7):1581-1595. MODULATION OF RUBISCO ACTIVASE GENE EXPRESSION DURING HEAT STRESS IN COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.) INVOLVES POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL MECHANISMS - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Deridder, B.P., Salvucci, M.E. 2007. Recovery of rubisco activase gene expression during heat stress involves post-transcriptional control. Plant Science, 172: 246-254. Warm Root Temperature Mitigates the Effect of Chilling in the Dark on Photosynthesis in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) Seedlings - (Abstract Only) Deridder, B.P., Crafts-Brandner, S.J., Salvucci, M.E. 2006. Warm Root Temperature Mitigates the Effect of Chilling in the Dark on Photosynthesis in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) Seedlings. American Society of Plant Biologists Annual Meeting. P09005. Available: http://abstracts.aspb.org/pb2006/public/cgi-bin/search.cgi Do maise and wheat chloroplast protein synthesis elongation factor, EF-Tu, protect Rubisco activase from thermal aggregation and inactivation? - (Abstract Only) Momcilovic, I., Fu, J., Bukovnik, U., Deridder, B.P., Salvucci, M.E., Ristic, Z. 2006. Do maise and wheat chloroplast protein synthesis elongation factor, EF-Tu, protect Rubisco activase from thermal aggregation and inactivation?. American Society of Plant Biologists. Abstract # P09035. Available: http://abstracts.aspb.org/pb2006/public/cgi-bin/search.cgi. EFFECT OF ACTIVASE LEVEL AND ISOFORM ON THE THERMOTOLERANCE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN ARABIDOPSIS - (Abstract Only) Salvucci, M.E., Deridder, B.P., Portis Jr, A.R. 2006. Effect of activase level and isoform on the thermotolerance of photosynthesis in arabidopsis. [abstract] American Society of Plant Biologists Annual Meeting, p14010. Available: http://abstracts.aspb.org/pb2006/public/cgi-bin/search.cgi Effect of Activase Level and Isoform on the Thermotolerance of Photosynthesis in Arabidopsis - (Abstract Only) Salvucci, M.E., Deridder, B.P., Portis, A.R. 2006. Effect of Activase Level and Isoform on the Thermotolerance of Photosynthesis in Arabidopsis. American Society of Plant Biologists Annual Meeting, P 14010. EFFECT OF ACTIVASE LEVEL AND ISOFORM ON THE THERMOTOLERANCE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN ARABIDOPSIS - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Salvucci, M.E., Deridder, B.P., Portis Jr, A.R. 2006. Effect of activase level and isoform on the thermotolerance of photosynthesis in arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany. 57:3793-3799. INTER- AND INTRAMOLECULAR SUBUNIT INTERACTIONS OF RUBISCO AND ACTIVASE - (Abstract Only) Esquivel, M.G., Spreitzer, R.J., Salvucci, M.E. 2006. Inter- and intramolecular subunit interactions of rubisco and activase. American Society of Plant Biologists Annual Meeting. P14001. Available: http://abstracts.aspb.org/ph2006/public/cgi-bin/search.cgi. A SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ASSAY TO MEASURE RUBISCO ACTIVASE ACTIVATION ACTIVITY UNDER VARYING ATP:ADP RATIOS - (Abstract Only) Schrader, S.M., Salvucci, M.E., Portis Jr, A.R. 2006. A spectrophotometric assay to measure rubisco activase activation activity under varying ATP:ADP ratios [abstract]. American Society of Plant Biologists. Paper No. P14008. TWO RESIDUES OF RUBISCO ACTIVASE INVOLVED IN RECOGNITION OF THE RUBISCO SUBSTRATE. - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Li, C., Salvucci, M.E., Portis Jr, A.R. 2005. Two residues of Rubisco activase involved in recognition of the Rubisco substrate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(26):24864-24869. SPECIES SPECIFICITY OF RUBISCO ACTIVASE IS DETERMINED BY TWO AMINO ACIDS IN ITS SENSOR 2 DOMAIN - (Abstract Only) Li, C., Salvucci, M.E., Portis Jr, A.R. 2005. Species specificity of rubisco activase is determined by two amino acids in its sensor 2 domain [abstract]. Plant Biology Annual Meeting. Paper No. 257. Available: http://abstracts.aspb.org/pb2005/public/P43/7154.html. EFFECTS OF ARABINOSE, MANNOSE AND XYLOSE ON SUCROSE UPTAKE AND METABOLISM IN THE SWEET POTATO WHITEFLY, BEMISIA TABACI (BIOTYPE B) - (Abstract Only) Hu, J.S., Gelman, D.B., Salvucci, M.E., Blackburn, M.B. 2004. effects of arabinose, mannose and xylose on sucrose uptake and metabolism in the sweet potato whitefly, bemisia tabaci (biotype b). National Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 12/15/05-12/18/05 MECHANISM FOR DEACTIVATION OF RUBISCO UNDER MODERATE HEAT STRESS - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Salvucci, M.E., Crafts-Brandner, S.J. 2004. Mechanism for deactivation of rubisco under moderate heat stress. Physiologia Plantarum 122(4) 513-519. ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF HIGH TEMPERATURE AND CO2 ON NET PHOTOSYNTHESIS: BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS, MODELS AND GENOMICS - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Crafts-Brandner, S.J., Salvucci, M.E. 2004. Analyzing the impact of high temperature and co2 on net photosynthesis: biochemical mechanisms, models and genomics. Field Crops Research. pp. 75-85 INHIBITION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS BY HEAT STRESS: THE ACTIVATION STATE OF RUBISCO AS A LIMITING FACTOR IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS. - (Peer Reviewed Journal) SALVUCCI, M.E., CRAFTS-BRANDNER, S.J. INHIBITION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS BY HEAT STRESS: THE ACTIVATION STATE OF RUBISCO AS A LIMITING FACTOR IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS.. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM. 2003. 179-186. DISTINCT SUCROSE ISOMERASES CATALYZE TREHALULOSE SYNTHESIS IN WHITEFLIES, BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII, AND ERWINA RHAPONTICI - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Salvucci, M.E. 2003. Distinct sucrose isomerases catalyze trehalulose synthesis in whiteflies, bemisia argentifolii, and erwina rhapontici. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. 135B: 385-395. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEAT TOLERANCE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND THE THERMAL STABILITY OF RUBISCO ACTIVASE IN PLANTS FROM CONTRASTING THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Salvucci, M.E., Crafts-Brandner, S.J. 2004. Relationship between the heat tolerance of photosynthesis and the thermal stability of rubisco activase in plants from contrasting thermal environments. Plant Physiology. 134: 1460-1470 DISTINCT SUCROSE ISOMERASES CATALYZE TREHALULOSE SYNTHESIS IN WHITEFLIES, BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII, AND ERWINIA RHAPONTICI. - (Peer Reviewed Journal) SALVUCCI, M.E. DISTINCT SUCROSE ISOMERASES CATALYZE TREHALULOSE SYNTHESIS IN WHITEFLIES, BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII, AND ERWINIA RHAPONTICI.. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. 2003. pp. 385-395 TWO ISOFORMS OF RUBISCO ACTIVASE IN COTTON, THE PRODUCTS OF SEPARATE GENES NOT ALTERNATIVE SPLICING. - (Peer Reviewed Journal) SALVUCCI, M.E., VAN DE LOO, F.J., STECHER, D. TWO ISOFORMS OF RUBISCO ACTIVASE IN COTTON, THE PRODUCTS OF SEPARATE GENES NOT ALTERNATIVE SPLICING.. PLANTA. 2003. v 216: 736-744. SENSITIVITY TO PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN THE C4 PLANT, MAIZE, TO HEAT STRESS. - (Peer Reviewed Journal) CRAFTS-BRANDNER, S.J., SALVUCCI, M.E. SENSITIVITY TO PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN THE C4 PLANT, MAIZE, TO HEAT STRESS.. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 2002. pp. 1773-1780 THE DISCOVERY OF RUBISCO ACTIVASE -- YET ANOTHER STORY OF SERENDIPITY - (Review Article) Portis Jr, A.R., Salvucci, M.E. 2002. The discovery of rubisco activase -- yet another story of serendipity. Photosynthesis Research. 73:257-264. THE DISCOVERY OF RUBISCO ACTIVASE - YET ANOTHER STORY OF SERENDIPITY. - (Peer Reviewed Journal) PORTIS JR, A.R., SALVUCCI, M.E. THE DISCOVERY OF RUBISCO ACTIVASE - YET ANOTHER STORY OF SERENDIPITY.. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH. 2002. 73:257-264. CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE NADP(H)-DEPENDENT KETOSE REDUCTASE (SORBITOL DEHYDROGENASE) FROM BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII (SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY) AT 2.3 A RESOLUTION. - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (13-Dec-00) EFFECT OF THE A - GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR, BROMOCONDURITOL, ON CARBON METABOLISM IN THE SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY, BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (26-Oct-00) RUBISCO ACTIVASE CONSTRAINS THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC POTENTIAL OF LEAVES AT HIGH TEMPERATURE AND CO2. - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (01-Sep-00) ISOBEMISIOSE: AN UNUSUAL TRISACCHARIDE ABUNDANT IN THE SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY,BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (18-Jul-00) A NEW MECHANISM TO EXPLAIN HIGH TEMPERATURE INHIBITION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS - (Abstract Only) - (01-Jul-00) EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND DIETARY SUCROSE CONCENTRATION ON RESPIRATION IN THE SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY, BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII - (Abstract Only) - (01-May-00) LOCALIZATION OF WHITEFLY ENZYMES - (Abstract Only) - (01-May-00) A NEW MECHANISM TO EXPLAIN HIGH TEMPERATURE RESPONSE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS - (Abstract Only) - (01-Apr-00) A THERMOPROTECTIVE ROLE FOR SORBITOL IN THE SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (22-Jul-98) EFFECT OF HIGH TEMPERATURE ON POLYOL METABOLISM IN THE SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY AND COTTON APHID - (Proceedings) - (01-Jun-98) POLYOL METABOLISM IN BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII - (Abstract Only) - (01-Jun-98) SORBITOL METABOLISM IN BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII CLONING OF THE NADPH- DEPENDENT KETOSE REDUCTASE - (Abstract Only) - (01-Jun-98) PURIFICATION AND PROPERTIES OF AN UNUSUAL NADPH-DEPENDENT KETOSE REDUCTASE FROM THE SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (15-Dec-97) EFFECT OF SUCROSE CONCENTRATION ON CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM IN BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII: BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISM AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLE FOR TREHALULOSE SYNTHESIS IN THE SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY - (Abstract Only) - (01-Aug-97) THE EFFECTS OF DAILY REMOVAL OF COTTON BLOOMS ON PLANT GROWTH AND INFESTATIONS OF THE SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY - (Abstract Only) - (01-Aug-97) ISOLATION, CLONING AND OVEREXPRESSION OF THE COTTON RUBISCO ACTIVASE GENE. - (Proceedings) - (01-Jun-97) EFFECT OF SUCROSE CONCENTRATION ON CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM IN BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII: BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISM AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLE FOR TREHALULOSE SYNTHESIS IN THE SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (01-Jan-97) THE TWO FORMS OF RIBULOSE-1,5-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE/OXYGENASE ACTIVASE DIFFER IN SENSITIVITY TO ELEVATED TEMPERATURE - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (01-Jan-97) ACTIVATION OF RIBULOSE-1,5-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE/OXYGENASE INVOLVES RUBISCO ACTIVASE TRP16 - (Proceedings) - (01-May-96)       Last Modified: 05/21/2013