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Effect of CO₂ Concentration on Glycine and Serine Formation during Photorespiration ¹

N. E. Tolbert^b

^a Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823

Amount and products of photosynthesis during 10 minutes were measured at different ¹⁴CO₂ concentrations in air. With tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Maryland Mammoth) leaves the percentage of ¹⁴C in glycine plus serine was highest (42%) at 0.005% CO₂, and decreased with increasing CO₂ concentration to 7% of the total at 1% CO₂ in air. However, above 0.03% CO₂ the total amount of ¹⁴C incorporated into the glycine and serine pool was about constant. At 0.005% or 0.03% CO₂ the percentage and amount of ¹⁴C in sucrose was small but increased greatly at higher CO₂ levels as sucrose accumulated as an end product. Relatively similar data were obtained with sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. cv. US H20) leaves. The results suggest that photorespiration at high CO₂ concentration is not inhibited but that CO₂ loss from it becomes less significant.

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