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PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 30, Issue 12, Pages 1535-1544Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01725.x
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O-2 concentration; photorespiration; photosynthesis; respiration
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We used an advanced radiogasometric method to study the effects of short-term changes in CO2 concentration ([CO2]) on the rates and substrates of photorespiratory and respiratory decarboxylations under steady-state photosynthesis and in the dark. Experiments were carried out on Plantago lanceolata, Poa trivialis, Secale cereale, Triticum aestivum, Helianthus annuus and Arabidopsis thaliana plants. Rates of photorespiration and respiration measured at a low [CO2] (40 mu mol mol(-1)) were equal to those at normal [CO2] (360 mu mol mol(-1)). Under low [CO2], the substrates of decarboxylation reactions were derived mainly from stored photosynthates, while under normal [CO2] primary photosynthates were preferentially consumed. An increase in [CO2] from 320 to 2300 mu mol mol(-1) brought about a fourfold decrease in the rate of photorespiration with a concomitant 50% increase in the rate of respiration in the light. Respiration in the dark did not depend on [CO2] up to 30 mmol mol(-1). A positive correlation was found between the rate of respiration in the dark and the rate of photosynthesis during the preceding light period. The respiratory decarboxylation of stored photosynthates was suppressed by light. The extent of light inhibition decreased with increasing [CO2]; no inhibition was detected at 30 mmol mol(-1) CO2.
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