Crassulacean acid metabolism regulation

Winter, K. (1982). Regulation of PEP Carboxylase in CAM plants. In Crassulacean Acid Metabolism, ed. I.P. Ting M. Gibbs, pp. 153-69. Rockville, MD American Society of Plant Physiologists. 

Voluminous reports (1) have appeared to elucidate the physiology and biochemistry of the Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM). Nevertheless, its mechanism of regulation still continues to be a curiosity. Little information is available on nitrate (NO") assimilation in CAM tissues or on its coincidence or coordination with the other cycles which are characteristic of CAM, such as malate production in the dark. In the present paper we report a possible relationship between the efficiency of nitrate assimilation and CO2 fixation (malate production) in the CAM plant Kalanchoe pinnata. 

Allaway, W.G., Osmond, C.B., Troughton,J.H. Environmental regulation of growth, photosynthetic pathway and carbon isotope discrimination ratio in plants capable of Crassulacean acid metabolism. Proc. Int. Conf. Mechanisms of Regulation of Plant Growth. Bull. R. Soc. N.Z. 12,195-202 (1974b)... 

Cockburn,W., McAulay,A. Changes in metabolite levels in Kalanchoe daigremontiana and regulation of malic acid accumulation in crassulacean acid metabolism. Plant Physiol. 59(3), 455 58 (1977)... 

Kluge,M. Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) CO2 and water economy. In Water and plant life. Problems and modern approaches. Ecological Studies, Vol. 19. Lange, O.L., Kappen,L., Schulze, E.D. (eds.), pp. 313-323.1976 a Kluge,M. Models of CAM regulation. In CO2 metabolism and plant productivity. Burris, R.H., Black,C.C. (eds.), pp.205-216. Baltimore, London, Tokyo University Park Press 1976 b... 

Kluge, M., LUttge,U. The role of malic acid fluxes in regulation of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) Osmoregulation of efflux at the tonoplast. In Membrane Transport in Plants. Zimmermann,M., Dainty, , (eds.), p. 101. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York Springer 1974... 

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