Biology 2483A Lecture : C4 and CAM plants

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Main advantage perform well in hot environments. The biochemical specialization can be thought of as a pump that provides high concentrations of co2 to the calvin cycle. This greater supply of co2 lowers the rate of o2 uptake by rubisco, substantially reducing photorespiration. The morphological specialization involves spatial separation of the regions in the leaf where co2 is taken up and where the calvin cycle operates in order to increase the concentration of co2 where rubisco is found. Spatially separating where everything is happening in order to maintain a high co2 concentration. Co2 is taken up by the enzyme pepcase. It fixes co2 in the mesophyll tissue of the plant. Once the co2 is taken up, a four-carbon compound is synthesized and transported to a group of cells surrounding the vascular tissues known as the bundle sheath where the calvin cycle occurs.

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