Warburg effect (plant physiology)

Short description: Biological phenomenon

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

1. ↑ "Oxygen as a factor in photosynthesis". Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 37: 130–70. February 1962. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1962.tb01607.x. PMID 13923215. ftp://171.66.68.104/pub/joeberry/Ref_Links_2.html/Biological Reviews 1962 Turner.pdf.
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. https://books.google.com/books?id=kej9jDg5ZogC&q=Photosynthesis,+Photorespiration,+and+Plant+Productivity&pg=PA253.
3. ↑ "The leaf as a photosynthetic system". Plant physiology. Berlin: Springer. 1995. pp. 236–237. ISBN 3-540-58016-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=jTxfMQg38B4C&q=RuBisCO+warburg+effect&pg=PA236.

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