Pressure effect on rate of production of glucose-equivalent in plant cells

Abstract

The rate of glucose equivalent production in C 4 green plants is investigated as a function of the intercellular partial pressure of CO 2 , so as to find the precise physical chemistry of photosynthesis. Expressions are first formulated for the dependence of photochemical efficiency and of rubisco activation on pressure. Then a pressure-dependent rate law is derived. The latter is successfully tested for two specific C 4 plants, namely, Panicum antidotale and Panicum coloratum.

Quantum chemical investigation of thermochemistry in Calvin cycle

“…We have worked especially with density functional theory (DFT). The calculated data are important not only because they provide a justification of the processes to be spontaneously taking place in vivo as discussed by Bassham and Krause, 1 but also as these and some other data can be used to successfully estimate the rate of production of glucose equivalent in C 4 plants as discussed in references [16][17][18][19] . The present work has been designed as follows.…”