| Range |
10-100 Fold
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| Organism |
Plants |
| Reference |
Hendrickson L, Sharwood R, Ludwig M, Whitney SM, Badger MR, von Caemmerer S. The effects of Rubisco activase on C4 photosynthesis and metabolism at high temperature. J Exp Bot. 2008 59(7):1789-98 p.1790 left column top paragraphPubMed ID18375609
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| Primary Source |
Furbank RT, Hatch MD. Mechanism of c(4) photosynthesis: the size and composition of the inorganic carbon pool in bundle sheath cells. Plant Physiol. 1987 Dec85(4):958-64. AND Jenkins CL, Furbank RT, Hatch MD. Inorganic Carbon Diffusion between C(4) Mesophyll and Bundle Sheath Cells: Direct Bundle Sheath CO(2) Assimilation in Intact Leaves in the Presence of an Inhibitor of the C(4) Pathway. Plant Physiol. 1989 Dec91(4):1356-63.PubMed ID16665838, 16667186
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| Comments |
The C4 photosynthetic pathway is a biochemical CO2 concentrating mechanism that provides elevated CO2 partial pressure, between 10–100-fold greater than in air, at the site of Rubisco carboxylation in the bundle sheath (primary sources). See BNID 106094 |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
105701 |