FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term CAM photosynthesis ID (Ontology) GO:0009761 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The combination of atmospheric CO2 with a 3-carbon molecule phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) to make malic acid. The malic acid is then passed into the vacuole where it is stored until daylight, when it is shuttled back out to be used as a substrate in the light reaction of photosynthesis.[ ISBN:0582015952 ]
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Wikipedia:Crassulacean_acid_metabolism