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Differences in the pH Optimum of the Photosynthetic Fixation of Carbon Dioxide in Isolated Whole and Broken Chloroplasts

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RECENTLY, Gibbs et al.1–4 emphasized the differences between whole and broken chloroplasts regarding their sensitivity against inhibitors during fixation of carbon dioxide and the distribution of carbon-14 in the sugars so formed. In our experiments an additional difference, the markedly lower pH optimum of fixation of carbon dioxide in whole chloroplasts, as compared with broken chloroplasts, was observed.

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  1. Bakteriologisches Institut der Südd. Versuchs-u. Forschungsanstalt für Milchwirtschaft, Weihenstephan/Post Freising, and Institut für Angewandte Botanik, Technische Hochschule, München

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ELBERTZHAGEN, H., KANDLER, O. Differences in the pH Optimum of the Photosynthetic Fixation of Carbon Dioxide in Isolated Whole and Broken Chloroplasts. Nature 194, 312–313 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194312b0

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