Found in plants with Kranz anatomy, like maize and sugar cane, bicarbonate ion is added to phospho-enol-pyruvate to form oxaloacetate, which is converted to malate or aspartate.
Found in plants with Kranz anatomy, like maize and sugar cane, bicarbonate ion is added to phospho-enol-pyruvate to form oxaloacetate, which is converted to malate or aspartate. These are transported to the bundle sheath cells from the mesophyll, where [*] carbon dioxide is liberated to enter the Calvin cycle. Also called the Hatch-Slack pathway—for 10 points—name this carbon fixation method that does not start with a three-carbon substrate.
Found in plants with Kranz anatomy, like maize and sugar cane, bicarbonate ion is added to phospho-enol-pyruvate to form oxaloacetate, which is converted to malate or aspartate.
C-4 or four-carbon pathway [accept Hatch-Slack pathway on early buzz]