C4 mechanisms in aquatic angiosperms: comparisons with terrestrial C4 systems

Functional Plant Biology : FPB
George BowesJulia B Reiskind

Abstract

Aquatic C4 photosynthesis probably arose in response to dissolved CO2 limitations, possibly before its advent in terrestrial plants. Of over 7600 C4 species, only about a dozen aquatic species are identified. Amphibious Eleocharis species (sedges) have C3-C4 photosynthesis and Kranz anatomy in aerial, but not submersed, leaves. Aquatic grasses have aerial and submersed leaves with C4 or C3-C4 photosynthesis and Kranz anatomy, but some lack Kranz anatomy in the submersed leaves. Two freshwater submersed monocots, Hydrilla verticillata and possibly Egeria densa, are C4 NADP-malic enzyme (NADP-ME) species. A marine macroalga, Udotea flabellum (Chlorophyta), and possibly a diatom, are C4, so it is not confined to angiosperms. Submersed C4 species differ from terrestrial in that β-carboxylation is cytosolic with chloroplastic decarboxylation and Rubisco carboxylation, so the C4 and Calvin cycles operate in the same cell without Kranz anatomy. Unlike terrestrial plants, Hydrilla is a facultative C4 that shifts from C3 to C4 in low [CO2]. It is well documented, with C4 gas exchange and pulse-chase characteristics, enzyme kinetics and localization, high internal [CO2], relative growth rate, and quantum yield studies. It has multiple ph...Continue Reading

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