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The first stable intermediate in the C4 pathway is oxaloacetate. It is involved in capturing carbon dioxide in mesophyll cells to form a 4-carbon compound, which is then transported to bundle-sheath cells for further processing in the Calvin cycle.
The C4 cycle gets its name because the first compound produced in the pathway is a C4 molecule called oxaloacetate. This cycle is also known as the Hatch-Slack pathway, named after the scientists who first described it. It is a photosynthetic pathway used by certain plants to fix carbon dioxide efficiently in conditions of high temperature and low carbon dioxide levels.
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One disadvantage of the C4 pathway is that it requires additional energy in the form of ATP for the initial steps of carbon fixation in mesophyll cells before transferring the fixed carbon to bundle sheath cells. This extra ATP requirement can decrease overall photosynthetic efficiency compared to C3 plants.
C3 plants refer to a type of plant that uses the C3 carbon fixation pathway during photosynthesis. This pathway is less efficient in hot and arid conditions compared to the C4 pathway used by C4 plants.
No, maize is not a CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) plant. Maize follows the C4 photosynthetic pathway, which is different from the CAM pathway in terms of carbon fixation and timing of metabolic processes.
Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate is a carbohydrate involved in the C4 pathway of plants.
No, alfalfa is not a C4 plant. It is a C3 plant, which means it uses the C3 photosynthesis pathway. C4 plants have a different type of photosynthesis pathway that allows them to be more efficient in hot and dry conditions.
Two alternate carbon-fixing pathways used by plants in hot climates are the C4 pathway and the CAM (Crassulacean acid metabolism) pathway. In the C4 pathway, carbon fixation via PEP carboxylase occurs in mesophyll cells, and then the bundle sheath cells carry out the Calvin cycle. In the CAM pathway, plants open their stomata at night to take in CO2, which is stored in organic acids and used in the Calvin cycle during the day.
Brassica napus is a C3 plant. It utilizes the C3 photosynthetic pathway, which is the most common photosynthetic pathway in plants.
There is no C2 plants, just C3, C4, and CAM plants - they have to do with the photosynthesis of the plant and how raw materials are transported.C2 pathway is photo respiratory pathway where oxygen is fixed by RuBisCo instead of CO2( asin normal photosynthetic plants or C3 plants)C2 because in photorespiration 2 carbon compound ( phosphoglycolate) is formed as a first productC3 are normal phortosynthetic plants , called C3 because 1st product in cycle formed is 3 carbon compound ( 3- phosphoglycerate) and nrmal Calvin cycle continuesC4 plants are those which have evolved mechanism to overcome photorespiration and use PEP carboxylase to fix carbon
Sunflowers are C3 plants. They use the C3 carbon fixation pathway during photosynthesis, which is less efficient in hot and dry conditions compared to C4 plants.