Ratio between rate of oxygen reduction and rate of concurrent CO2 reduction

Range 0-0.3 Unitless
Organism Plants
Reference Ivanov BN. Cooperation of photosystem I with the plastoquinone pool in oxygen reduction in higher plant chloroplasts. Biochemistry (Mosc). 2008 Jan73(1):112-8PubMed ID18294139
Comments Even under conditions optimal for photosynthesis, the rate of the concurrent oxygen reduction can be up to 30% of the rate of CO2 reduction
Entered by Uri M
ID 103374