In the bundle-sheath cells, the Calvin cycle takes place as normal, using the CO2 from malate, sending the carbohydrate product into the vascular system while the excess pyruvate returns to the mesophyll, where it is phosphorylated, forming PEP, which is used to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, allowing the process to repeat.
Among those that use it are sugarcane and corn, as well as many others, all characterized by the special leaf anatomy required for this procedure. In the bundle-sheath cells, the Calvin cycle takes place as normal, using the CO2 from malate, sending the carbohydrate product into the vascular system while the excess pyruvate returns to the mesophyll, where it is phosphorylated, forming PEP, which is used to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, allowing the process to repeat. For 10 points, this describes what alternative photosynthetic pathway that allows for spatial separation of the light and dark reactions?
Among those that use it are sugarcane and corn, as well as many others, all characterized by the special leaf anatomy required for this procedure.
{C4} photosynthesis