Term Information

Accession
GO:0009760
Name
C4 photosynthesis
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The combination of atmospheric CO2 with a 3-carbon molecule phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) in the mesophyll cells to make a 4-carbon acid which is immediately converted to malic acid. The malic acid is then passed across to the bundle sheath cells where it is broken down again to pyruvic acid and CO2. The acid is passed back to the mesophyll cells to be used again, while the CO2 is fed into the reductive pentose-phosphate cycle (Calvin cycle) and converted into sugar and starch. Source: ISBN:0816017360
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0009760 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of C4 photosynthesis (GO:0009760)
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C4 photosynthesis [is_a relation] is_a  carbon fixation (GO:0015977)
C4 photosynthesis [is_a relation] is_a  photosynthesis, dark reaction (GO:0019685)
Children of C4 photosynthesis (GO:0009760)
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NAD-malic enzyme C4 photosynthesis (GO:0009763) [is_a relation] is_a  C4 photosynthesis
NADP-malic enzyme C4 photosynthesis (GO:0009762) [is_a relation] is_a  C4 photosynthesis
PEP carboxykinase C4 photosynthesis (GO:0009764) [is_a relation] is_a  C4 photosynthesis
Wikipedia
C4_carbon_fixation