It involves both bundle-sheath cells and mesophyll cells located in the pallisade layer of plants with Kranz anatomy.
It involves both bundle-sheath cells and mesophyll cells located in the pallisade layer of plants with Kranz anatomy. It occurs when conditions drive the catalysis of RuBP towards oxidation instead of carboxylation. The enzyme PEP carboxylase adds carbon dioxide to phosphoenolpyruvate, creating oxaloacetate. It allows the fixing of carbon dioxide under hot and dry conditions and minimizes photorespiration, enhancing sugar production in plants such as sugarcane and corn. FTP, name this process which uses an alternate mode of carbon fixation preceding the Calvin cycle.
It involves both bundle-sheath cells and mesophyll cells located in the pallisade layer of plants with Kranz anatomy.
{C4} photosynthesis