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Plant Physiology 59:600-603 (1977)
© 1977 American Society of Plant Biologists

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Photosynthesis in C4 Plant Tissue Cultures

Significance of Kranz Anatomy to C4 Acid Metabolism in C4 Plants 1

Robert A. Kennedya and Judith E. Barnesa

Watson M. Laetschb

a Department of Botany, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52240, Department of Botany, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

The pattern of photosynthetic carbon metabolism was determined in tissue cultures of Portulaca oleracea. Four-carbon acids are the most heavily labeled photosynthetic products during short term exposure to 14CO2, containing greater than 40% of the total radioactivity incorporated. Phosphoglyceric acid and sugars account for only 10% of the label after equal exposure times. Other features of the CO2 assimilation pattern in Portulaca callus tissue include a relatively large percentage of label located in various minor products throughout the time course studied, and a greater incorporation of 14C into sugars in tissue cultures than occurs in leaves. Ultrastructurally, the chloroplasts and cells of the callus are like those in the mesophyll cells of Portulaca leaves. The requirement for Kranz anatomy for operation of functional C4 physiology is discussed.

1 This work was supported by National Science Foundation Grant BMS-75-09931.






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