Open AccessOn the Evolutionary Origin of CAM Photosynthesis
Author(s) -
Andrea Bräutigam,
Urte Schlüter,
Marion Eisenhut,
Udo Gowik
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.17.00195
Subject(s) - photosynthesis , c4 photosynthesis , flux (metallurgy) , biology , botany , mutation , carbon flux , evolutionary biology , gene , chemistry , genetics , ecology , organic chemistry , ecosystem
Evolution of carbon concentrating mechanisms appears complex. In the case of C4 photosynthesis, an enabling mutation is thought to have formed an initial C4 cycle, which is then selected for flux, and, finally, high expression of photorespiratory genes is lost (for summary, see [Brautigam and Gowik
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