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Title: Inorganic carbon uptake during photosynthesis. I. A theoretical analysis using the isotopic disequilibrium technique

Journal Article · · Plant Physiol.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.80.4.863· OSTI ID:6991200

Equations have been developed which quantitatively predict the theoretical time-course of photosynthetic /sup 14/C incorporation when CO/sub 2/ or HCO/sub 3//sup -/ serves as the sole source of exogenous inorganic carbon taken up for fixation by cells during steady state photosynthesis. Comparison between the shape of theoretical CO/sub 2/ or HCO/sub 3//sup -/) and experimentally derived time-courses of /sup 14/C incorporation permits the identification of the major species of inorganic carbon which crosses the plasmalemma of photosynthetic cells and facilitates the detection of any combined contribution of CO/sub 2/ and HCO/sub 3//sup -/ transport to the supply of intracellular inorganic carbon. The ability to discriminate between CO/sub 2/ or HCO/sub 3//sup -/ uptake relies upon monitoring changes in the intracellular specific activity (by /sup 14/C fixation) which occur when the inorganic carbon, present in the suspending medium, is in a state of isotopic disequilibrium. The presence of intracellular carbonic anhydrases or some other catalyst of the CO/sub 2/-HCO/sub 3//sup -/ interconversion reaction is required for quantitatively accurate predictions. Analysis of equations describing the rate of /sup 14/C incorporation provides two methods by which any contribution of HCO/sub 3//sup -/ ions to net photosynthetic carbon uptake can be estimated.

Research Organization:
York Univ., Downsview, Ontario
OSTI ID:
6991200
Journal Information:
Plant Physiol.; (United States), Vol. 80:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English