Warburg effect (plant physiology)

In plant physiology, the Warburg effect is the decrease in the rate of photosynthesis due to high oxygen concentrations.^[1]^[2] Oxygen is a competitive inhibitor of carbon dioxide fixation by RuBisCO which initiates photosynthesis. Furthermore, oxygen stimulates photorespiration which reduces photosynthetic output. These two mechanisms working together are responsible for the Warburg effect.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Turner JS, Brittain EG (February 1962). "Oxygen as a factor in photosynthesis" (PDF). Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 37: 130–70. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1962.tb01607.x. PMID 13923215. S2CID 20932011.
^ Zelitch I (1971). "Chapter 8, Section E: Inhibition by O₂ (The Warburg Effect)". Photosynthesis, Photorespiration, and Plant Productivity. New York: Academic Press. pp. 253–255. ISBN 0124316085.
^ Schopfer P, Mohr H (1995). "The leaf as a photosynthetic system". Plant physiology. Berlin: Springer. pp. 236–237. ISBN 3-540-58016-6.

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[pmid13923215-1] Turner JS, Brittain EG (February 1962). "Oxygen as a factor in photosynthesis" (PDF). Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 37: 130–70. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1962.tb01607.x. PMID 13923215. S2CID 20932011.

[isbn0124316085-2] Zelitch I (1971). "Chapter 8, Section E: Inhibition by O₂ (The Warburg Effect)". Photosynthesis, Photorespiration, and Plant Productivity. New York: Academic Press. pp. 253–255. ISBN 0124316085.

[isbn3-540-58016-6-3] Schopfer P, Mohr H (1995). "The leaf as a photosynthetic system". Plant physiology. Berlin: Springer. pp. 236–237. ISBN 3-540-58016-6.

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