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. 2023 Apr 21;74(14):4125–4142. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erad138

Table 3.

Effect of chloroplast arrangement on light absorbance, ATP production, and NADPH production

Parameter Default Aggregative movement of mesophyll chloroplasts Avoidance movement of mesophyll chloroplasts
Total absorbance 0.87 0.81 0.82
Chloroplast absorbance 0.84 0.77 0.71
Transmittance 0.051 0.10 0.10
Absorbance, bundle sheath:mesophyll 0.51 0.88 0.74
uM a 0.89 0.99 0.96
uBS b 0.28 0.33 0.31
fCET,BS c 0.85 0.81 0.83
fCET,M d 0.20 0.01 0.08
fNADPH,BS e 0.14 0.23 0.20
fATP,BS f 0.39 0.53 0.49

a Fraction of light for LET in mesophyll cells.

b Fraction of light for LET in bundle sheath cells.

c Fraction of CET in bundle sheath.

d Fraction of CET in mesophyll.

e Fraction of NADPH produced in bundle sheath cells.

f Fraction of ATP produced in bundle sheath.