The New phytologist
A novel single-cell NAD-ME C4 subtype integrated with CAM and bicarbonate use in an aquatic plant.
Hong Sheng Jiang, Wenmin Huang, Shijuan Han, Pengpeng Li, Zuying Liao, Liyuan Wei, Lei Zhao, Shuping Gu, Jun Ding, Brigitte Gontero, Stephen C Maberly, Wei Li
Published: 202510.1111/nph.70673
Abstract
Many plants maximize photosynthesis by using a CO2-concentrating mechanism (CCM). Based on physiology, the freshwater plant Ottelia alismoides has three CCMs: C4 metabolism (NAD-malic enzyme (NAD-ME) subtype) and bicarbonate-use during the day plus c…
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