Intermediates Of Photosynthesis in Acetabularia mediterranie Chloroplasts
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- 1 January 1970
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 45 (1), 70-75
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.45.1.70
Abstract
The chloroplast fraction isolated from Acetabularia mediterranie was exposed to 14CO2 as NaH14CO3 in light and darkness, and soluble radioactive compounds were analyzed at frequent intervals. The behavior of Calvin cycle intermediates indicates that this cycle was responsible for much of the carbon fixation in the chloroplasts. However, a substantial part of recently fixed carbon was metabolized via glycolic and glyceric acids. Possible pathways for their metabolism are discussed. Some carboxylation of C3 acids was suggested by the behavior of phosphoenolpyruvate and malate. A number of amino acids were formed. Small amounts of such compounds as citrate, succinate, and fumarate not usually associated with photosynthesis might have been derived from a low level of mitochondrial contamination. About one-third of the carbon fixed in light was present in acid-labile insoluble compounds other than polysaccharides or proteins. Dark fixation of CO2 was very small compared with photosynthesis.Keywords
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