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1. Introduction
2. Contents
3. CO2 fixation in plants
4. Rubisco's acitivity as carboxylase
5. The full Benson-Calvin cycle
6. The simplified Benson-Calvin cycle
7. Excess triose-P is used to make carbohydrates
8. Carbohydrate synthesis in leaves
9. Sucrose synthesis
10. Starch synthesis in leaves
11. Starch degradation
12. Light regulation of the Benson-Calvin cycle
13. Rubisco characteristics
14. Rubisco activity in vivo
15. Rubisco activation
16. Rubisco's acitivity as oxygenase
17. Atmospheric CO2 and O2 throughout evolution
18. Oxygenation and Rubisco reaction mechanism
19. The photorespiratory cycle
20. Photorespiratory pathway
21. Increasing temperature increases photorespiration
22. Effect of O2 and CO2 on growth of M. cardinalis
23. Photorespiration is a drain on a plant's carbon
24. Rubisco specificity factor
25. Cyanobacterial CO2-concentrating mechanism
26. C4 plants
27. C4 photosynthesis (1)
28. C4 anatomy in a maize leaf
29. Bunde-sheath and mesophyll cells
30. C4 photosynthesis (2)
31. C4 photosynthesis in maize
32. The C4 cycle is an ATP-driven CO2 pump
33. C4 plants have a variety of decarboxylases
34. Properties of the bundle sheath in C4 plants
35. Gas exchange curves for C4 and C3
36. Photosynthesis and stomatal conductance
37. Long-term water-use efficiency of different plants
38. Temperature dependence of photosynthesis
39. Distribution of C4 grasses
40. Single cell C4 photosynthesis in B. aralocaspica
41. Advantages of C4 photosynthesis
42. CAM plants
43. Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)
44. Phases of CO2 fixation in a CAM plant
45. Light-dark regulation is essential
46. Nightly gas exchange results in water conservation
47. C3, C4 and CAM plants compared (1)
48. C3,C4 and CAM plants compared (2)
49. C3,C4 and CAM plants compared (3)

Topics Covered

• The Benson-Calvin cycle
• Synthesis of starch and sucrose
• Rubisco and its regulation
• Photorespiration
• CO2- concentrating mechanisms
• C4 photosynthesis
• Crassulacean acid metabolism

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Series:

• Chloroplast

Categories:

• Biochemistry
• Plant & Animal Sciences

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Publication History

• Published on October 1, 2007

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Richard Leegood has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.