Percent of the carbon fixed by the Calvin cycle that is drained away by photorespiration
| Range | ≤50 % |
|---|---|
| Organism | Unspecified |
| Reference | Cheng S, Liu Y, Crowley CS, Yeates TO, Bobik TA. Bacterial microcompartments: their properties and paradoxes. Bioessays. 2008 Nov30(11-12):1084-95. doi: 10.1002/bies.20830. p.1085 right columnPubMed ID18937343 |
| Comments | "RuBisCO often uses O2 in place of CO2 in a nonproductive process known as photorespiration which can drain away up to 50% of the carbon fixed by the Calvin cycle." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 109883 |