Intercellular Concentration Gradients of 3-Phosphoglycerate and Triose-Phosphate Demonstrate Operation of an Energy Shuttle in NAD-Malic Enzyme and Phosphoenolypyruvate Carboxykinase C4 Subtypes
Vittoria Clapero, Regina Feil, Stéphanie Arrivault, Mark Stitt
The paper demonstrates that NAD-ME and PEPCK C4 plant subtypes use an intercellular energy shuttle involving 3-phosphoglycerate and triose phosphate gradients between bundle sheath and mesophyll cells.