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Photosynthetic Characteristics of C₃-C₄ Intermediate Flaveria Species ¹

III. Reduction of Photorespiration by a Limited C₄ Pathway of Photosynthesis in Flaveria ramosissima

Botany Department, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4230, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4230

The initial products of photosynthesis by the C₃ species Flaveria cronquistii, the C₄ species F. trinervia, and the C₃-C₄ intermediate species F. ramosissima were determined using a pulse-chase technique with ¹⁴CO₂-¹²CO₂. The intermediate species F. ramosissima incorporated at least 42% of the total soluble ¹⁴C fixed into malate and aspartate after 10 seconds of photosynthesis in ¹⁴CO₂, as compared with 90% for the C₄ species F. trinervia and 5% for the C₃ species F. cronquistii. In both F. ramosissima and F. trinervia, turnover of labeled malate and aspartate occurred during a chase period in ¹²CO₂, although the rate of turnover was slower in the intermediate species. Relative to F. cronquistii, F. ramosissima showed a reduced incorporation of radioactivity into serine and glycine during the pulse period. These results indicate that a functional C₄ pathway of photosynthesis is operating in F. ramosissima which can account for its reduced level of photorespiration, and that this species is a true biochemical intermediate between C₃ and C₄ plants.

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