The biochemistry of the CAM photosynthetic pathway is similar to that of C 4 plants. However, rather than a physical separation of biochemistry, enzyme activities are separated in time (Figure 6).

The three main types of photosynthetic pathways are C3, C4 and CAM. Most plants use C3 photosynthesis, including rice and cotton. (Image credit: Andrew TB Tan via Getty Images) ...

More information: Gilles Peltier et al, Alternative electron pathways of photosynthesis power green algal CO 2 capture, The ...

Plants reap energy from the sun using two photosynthesis pathways, C3 and C4. A new study suggests that water availability drove the expansion of C4 species, which may help to explain how ...

Roughly 85 percent of plants on Earth rely on the C3 photosynthetic pathway — so named because it produces a sugar molecule with three carbon atoms. Scientists estimate C3 photosynthesis evolved ...

Over the course of millions of years, the rough versions of photosynthesis of early plants turned into a number of distinct photosynthesis pathways, all based around the RuBisCO (ribulose-1,5 ...

Researchers have 'hacked' the earliest stages of photosynthesis, the natural machine that powers the vast majority of life on Earth, and discovered new ways to extract energy from the process, a ...

Energy hijacking pathway found within photosynthesis. St. John's College, University of Cambridge. Journal Nature Chemical Biology DOI 10.1038/nchembio.2192 ...

Smith put 22 plant species — a variety of annuals and perennials, tropical and non-tropical species, and plants using different photosynthetic pathways — through a battery of tests that looked at how ...

The scientists said the ability to extract charges earlier in photosynthesis “could make the process more efficient when manipulating photosynthetic pathways to generate clean fuels from the sun”.