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p.322 right column bottom paragraph:"At 25 °C, there would be 363 events of carboxylation (78%) and 100 events of oxygenation (22%) for every 463 events of RubisCO catalysis. In the PR-cycle [photorespiratory cycle], only one molecule of glycerate (a 3-C compound) is recovered, and one atom of carbon is lost as CO2 for every two glycolate (a 2-C compound) molecules. Thus, at 22% oxygenation, the eventual loss of carbon would be only 5.5% (i.e., 25% of 22)." keywords:rubisco,oxygen,carbon dioxide,photosynthesis,carbon fixation,ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase |