Variations in the Calvin-Benson cycle: selection pressures and optimization?

Tina B Schreier; Julian M Hibberd

doi:10.1093/jxb/erz078

Variations in the Calvin-Benson cycle: selection pressures and optimization?

J Exp Bot. 2019 Mar 27;70(6):1697-1701. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erz078.

Authors

Tina B Schreier¹, Julian M Hibberd¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Abstract

This article comments on:

Arrivault S, Moraes TA, Obata T, Medeiros DB, Fernie AR, Boulouis A, Ludwig M, Lunn JE, Borghi GL, Schlereth A, Guenther M, Stitt M. 2019. Metabolite profiles reveal inter-specific variation in operation of the Calvin–Benson cycle in both C₄ and C₃ plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 70, 1843–1858.

Keywords: C4 photosynthesis; Calvin–Benson cycle; carbon assimilation; carbon-concentration mechanism (CCM); metabolite profiling; photosynthesis.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Carbon Dioxide*
Photosynthesis*
Plant Physiological Phenomena
Pressure

Substances

Carbon Dioxide