Abstract

Barley, Panicum milioides and Panicum maximum were exposed to 14CO 2 near their photosynthetic CO 2 compensation points and their respective 14C-products were determined. In short exposure times Panicum maximum had 100% of its 14C in malate and aspartate whereas Panicum milioides and barley had 16 and 3% of their respective 14C in C 4 organic acids. Near the respective CO 2 compensation points a linear relationship occurs in plotting the ratio of glycine, serine, and glycerate to C 4 organic acids. The ratio of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate oxygenase to phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase is linear with their CO 2 compensation points. The photosynthetic CO 2 compensation point apparently is controlled by the activity of enzymes producing photorespiration metabolites and the activity of phospheonolpyruvate carboxylase.

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