Universal reaction: ETBCARO

Descriptive name:

Energy transfer (Beta carotene to ChlA Qy)

Reaction:

0.75 cholphya_c + bcaro_exc_c ⇌ caro_c + 0.75 chla_qy1_exc_c + 0.25 pho_loss_c

Metabolites:

Stoichiometry
BiGG ID
Name
1.0
caro_c
Beta-Carotene
-0.75
cholphya_c
Chlorophyll a
-1.0
bcaro_exc_c
Excited beta-carotene
0.75
chla_qy1_exc_c
Photosystem I excited chlorophyll A, Qy band (long wavelength)
0.25
pho_loss_c
Photon energy loss (heat/fluorescence)

ETBCARO in BiGG models:

Organism
Model
Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942
iJB785

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Old identifiers

    ETBCARO