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. 1966 Dec;101(3):642–646. doi: 10.1042/bj1010642

Calvin-cycle intermediates in relation to induction phenomena in photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation by isolated chloroplasts

C W Baldry 1, D A Walker 1, C Bucke 1
PMCID: PMC1270166  PMID: 16742438

Abstract

1. Induction periods in carbon dioxide fixation by isolated pea chloroplasts were shortened by small quantities of Calvin-cycle intermediates. The additional fixation was larger than that which would have followed direct stoicheiometric conversion into ribulose 1,5-diphosphate. 2. When chloroplasts were illuminated in the absence of added substrates (other than carbon dioxide) soluble products were formed in the medium that stimulated fixation by fresh chloroplasts. 3. The induction periods were lengthened by washing the chloroplasts. Addition of catalytic quantities of Calvin-cycle intermediates then decreased the induction periods to their previous values. 4. The induction period was extended by a decrease in temperature but was largely unaffected by a decrease in light-intensity that was sufficient to decrease the maximum rate. 5. It is concluded that the lag periods are a consequence of the loss of Calvin-cycle intermediates, such as sugar phosphates, through the intact chloroplast envelope and that these losses can be made good by new synthesis from carbon dioxide in the reactions of the Calvin cycle.

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