Open AccessOn the Origin of C4 Species in Yellowtops
Author(s) -
Kathleen L. Farquharson
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.113.250711
Subject(s) - photorespiration , rubisco , photosynthesis , ribulose , c4 photosynthesis , oxygenase , pyruvate carboxylase , chemistry , botany , photosynthetic efficiency , biochemistry , biology , enzyme
C4 photosynthesis is the product of several biochemical and structural adaptations that concentrate CO2 at the site of Rubisco (for ribulose-1,5-bis-phosphate carboxylase/oxygenase), thereby increasing photosynthetic efficiency in conditions that promote photorespiration. Having evolved
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