Fraction of assimilated CO2 that is further released in mitochondria by photorespiratory pathway

Range ~30 %
Organism Unspecified
Reference Zhao H et al., Kinetic Modeling of Photorespiration. Methods Mol Biol. 2017 1653: 203-216. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7225-8_14 p.203 bottom paragraphPubMed ID28822135
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Comments P.203 bottom paragraph: "About 30% of assimilated CO2 is further released in mitochondria by photorespiratory pathway, therefore dramatic improvement in photosynthetic efficiency and hence crop yields can be achieved if photorespiratory CO2 loss can be decreased [primary source]."
Entered by Uri M
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