the process by which plants assimilate carbon from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to form metabolically active compounds
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carbon fixation
Close to redox boundaries, dark carbon fixation by chemoautotrophic bacteria may be a large contributor to overall carbon fixation.
Ana Lúcia Santoro, David Bastviken, Cristian Gudasz, Lars Tranvik, Alex Enrich-Prast 2013, 'Dark carbon fixation: an important process in lake sediments.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3679121?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Photosynthesis and carbon fixation ability were decreased in the leaves.
Hui Liu, Muhammad Abdul Rab Faisal Sultan, Xiang Li Liu, Jin Zhang, Fei Yu, Hui XianZhao 2015, 'Physiological and comparative proteomic analysis reveals different drought responsesin roots and leaves of drought-tolerant wild wheat (Triticum boeoticum).', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4393031?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A similar pattern was found for carbon fixation.
Enrique Moreno-Ostos, Ana Fernández, María Huete-Ortega, Beatriz Mouriño-Carballido,Alejandra Calvo-Díaz, Xosé Anxelu G. Morán, Emilio Marañón 2011, 'Size-fractionated phytoplankton biomass and production in the tropical Atlantic',Scientia Marinahttp://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1260. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
More adenosine triphosphates was saved for carbon fixation-related pathways.
Yun Huang, Jun Cheng, Hongxiang Lu, Yong He, Junhu Zhou, Kefa Cen 2017, 'Transcriptome and key genes expression related to carbon fixation pathways in ChlorellaPY-ZU1 cells and their growth under high concentrations of CO2', Biotechnology for Biofuelshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13068-017-0868-z. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The chemolithoautotrophic activity at our sampling site led to high rates of dark carbon fixation.
Harald Schunck, Gaute Lavik, Dhwani K Desai, Tobias Großkopf, Tim Kalvelage, CarolinR Löscher, Aurélien Paulmier, Sergio Contreras, Herbert Siegel, Moritz Holtappels,Philip Rosenstiel, Markus B Schilhabel, Michelle Graco, Ruth A Schmitz, Marcel M MKuypers, Julie Laroche 2013, 'Giant hydrogen sulfide plume in the oxygen minimum zone off Peru supports chemolithoautotrophy.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3749208?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A set of additional pathways for carbon fixation are identified and discussed.
Marina G. Kalyuzhanaya, Song eYang, Janet B Matsen, Michael eKonopka, Abigail eGreen-Saxena,Justin eClubb, Martin eSadilek, Victoria J Orphan, David eBeck 2013, 'GLOBAL MOLECULAR ANALYSES OF METHANE METABOLISM IN METHANOTROPHIC ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIUM,METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM OB3B.PART II. METABOLOMICS AND 13C-LABELING STUDY', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00070/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Genes predominantly expressed in the leaf were enriched in photosynthesis- and carbon fixation-related pathways.
Xiaohui eZhang, Tongjin eLiu, Mengmeng eDuan, Jiangping eSong, Xixiang eLi 2016, 'De novo transcriptome analysis of Sinapis alba in revealing the glucosinolate andphytochelatin pathways', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.00259/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In plants the enzyme plays an important role in carbon fixation and metabolism.
Shenghua Huang, Tobias Hainzl, Christin Grundström, Cecilia Forsman, Göran Samuelsson,A Elisabeth Sauer-Eriksson 2011, 'Structural studies of β-carbonic anhydrase from the green alga Coccomyxa: inhibitorcomplexes with anions and acetazolamide.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3230598?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This challenge involves the integration of carbon fixation and energy uptake systems.
Michael Volpers, Nico J Claassens, Elad Noor, John van der Oost, Willem M de Vos,Servé W M Kengen, Vitor A P Martins Dos Santos 2016, 'Integrated In Silico Analysis of Pathway Designs for Synthetic Photo-Electro-Autotrophy.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4919048?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)