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Plant Physiological Phenomena > Photosynthesis > Crassulacean Acid Metabolism
Metabolism > Phototrophic Processes > Photosynthesis > Crassulacean Acid Metabolism
Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Phototrophic Processes > Photosynthesis > Crassulacean Acid Metabolism
Metabolism > Carbohydrate Metabolism > Photosynthesis > Crassulacean Acid Metabolism
Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Carbohydrate Metabolism > Photosynthesis > Crassulacean Acid Metabolism
Metabolism > Metabolic Networks and Pathways > Photosynthesis > Crassulacean Acid Metabolism
Chemical Phenomena > Photochemical Processes > Photosynthesis > Crassulacean Acid Metabolism

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Crassulacean Acid Metabolism  

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Entry terms

  • CAM Photosynthesis
  • Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Photosynthesis

Scope note

  • A water-saving mode of photosynthesis whereby CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) taken up during the nocturnal opening of stomata (STOMATA, PLANT) is fixed to produce malate, which is accumulated in VACUOLES overnight as malic acid and subsequently decarboxylated during the day with the resulting CO2 produced being re-fixed by RUBISCO and re-assimilated through the REDUCTIVE PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE. CAM photosynthesis is found mostly in plants in arid areas, but it is also found in aquatic plants and orchids.

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  • 2021

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000081962

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