NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER 2001

  • question_answer
                                      Roots of which plant contains a red pigment which have affinity for oxygen?                      

    A)                 Carrot  

    B)                 Soyabean           

    C)                 Mustard              

    D)                 Radish

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                    Leghaemoglobin is present in roots of soyabean plants. It is an oxygen-binding haeme protein. Which is present in the cytoplasm of infected nodule cells at high concentrations and gives the nodules a pink colour. It's main function is to help in the transport of \[{{O}_{2}}\] to the respiring symbiotic bacterial cells in a manner analogous to haemoglobin, which transports \[{{O}_{2}}\] to respiring tissues in animals.


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