Essays about: "Rubisco"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 essays containing the word Rubisco.

1. 6. Role of the photosystem II-associated CAH3 in the oxygen evolving machinery in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

   University essay from Institutionen för fysiologisk botanik; Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC)

   Author : Umut Rende; [2012]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : One of the most abundant proteins on the Earth is ribulose-1,5-biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RUBISCO). RUBISCO is a CO2 fixing enzyme in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms that it has low affinity for CO2. When CO2 is the limiting factor in the environment, RUBISCO works inefficiently due to its oxygenase activity. READ MORE

3. 7. Under which conditions is the C4metabolic pathway favored? : When does the C4 metabolic pathway become less costlythan the C3 metabolic pathway?

   University essay from Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

   Author : Kim Lindgren; [2011]
   Keywords : photosynthesis angiosperms c4 c3 evolution ecology; fotosyntes blommande växter c4 c3 evolution ekologi;

   Abstract : C4 photosynthesis is an advanced complement to the more ancestral and more commonpathway refereed to as C3. C4 metabolism has evolved in several taxa, and it is theorized thatit worked as an adaptation to the low CO 2 levels characteristic of late geological time. READ MORE