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, whe
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]