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Meaning of "photorespiration"

photorespiration (noun) - a process in plant metabolism where oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide released in the presence of light, leading to energy wastage
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  • The light-dependent release of carbon dioxide and uptake of oxygen in photosynthetic organisms as an unavoidable side reaction of photosynthesis.

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The rate of photorespiration is higher at high temperatures.
This system is part of plant photorespiration.
Photorespiration is definitely not a win from a carbon fixation standpoint.
These structures are involved in plant processes such as photorespiration.
Photorespiration is the most obvious oxygenation pathway in the chloroplast.
The cost of photorespiration is massive.
They do not have any photosynthetic adaptations to reduce photorespiration.
Photorespiration can occur when the oxygen concentration is too high.
Study of photosynthesis and photorespiration.
Photorespiration may be necessary for the assimilation of nitrate from soil.
This compound can be recycled through a process known as photorespiration.
Glyoxysomes also participate in photorespiration and nitrogen metabolism in root nodules.
Photorespiration is a part of natural plant metabolism that recycles these toxins.
Because they do not have to worry too much about photorespiration.
Plant peroxisomes also participate in photorespiration and nitrogen metabolism in root nodules.

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Photorespiration normally takes a complicated route through three compartments in the plant cell.
It is postulated that chlorogenic acid moderates photorespiration by interacting with glycollate oxidase.
The families with high rates of net photosynthesis also had high rates of photorespiration.
This has been used to explore the significance of photorespiration as a photoprotective mechanism during drought.
Photorespiration and its Consequence.
Nitrogen metabolism may also interact with photorespiration at the level of the photochemical reactions.
In particular, the invention relates to a re-use of the phosphoglycolate produced in photorespiration.
This may reflect the metabolic interactions between photorespiration and plant primary metabolism.
However, algal photorespiration may consume oxygen during night time when it is dark.
From this estimation, the extent of photorespiration may be estimated.
But the important thing to remember, when RuBisCo fixes oxygen, this is actually called photorespiration.
Researchers have speculated that photorespiration persists because most plants have reached an evolutionary dead end.
And the whole value this is, that we were able to avoid the photorespiration problem.
Simplified photorespiration and Calvin cycle.
Some plants, unlike wheat and soybean, can escape the worst effects of photorespiration.
Lossy, so that photorespiration does not occur.
If it was just getting CO2 you would not worry about photorespiration.
Furthermore, oxygen stimulates photorespiration which reduces photosynthetic output.
The intracellular concentration of CO2 affects the rates of photosynthesis and photorespiration.
The relationship between true photosynthesis and photorespiration ( termed assimilation efficiency ) was determined.
The team 's ultimate aim is to use the C4 mechanism to reduce the extent of photorespiration.
Researchers speculate that photorespiration persists because most plants have reached an evolutionary dead-end.
Higher CO2 concentrations favour photosynthesis whereas low CO2 concentrations favor photorespiration.
But, during drought, photorespiration limits the decrease ine photosystem II activity.
A method for production of plants with suppressed photorespiration and improved CO2 fixation.
Photorespiration decrease the efficiency of photosynthesis because it removes what from the Calvin cycle?
Availability and hence, in C3 plants increased photorespiration and loss of fixed carbon.
Photorespiration and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis.
It has been suggested that a decrease in photorespiration could decrease carbon losses by between 30 and 50.
Photorespiration is a result of the side reaction of Rubisco with O2 instead of CO2.
And not all plants -- you know, most plants just deal with photorespiration.
Process of photorespiration in plants?
This lowers the CO2:O2 ratio and therefore also increases photorespiration.
Some authorities have suggested that losses from photorespiration may approach 50 % under some circumstances.
As it turns out, the factor behind those ( real-life ) numbers is photorespiration.

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