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JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-2003

  • question_answer
    In \[{{C}_{4}}\] plants, \[C{{O}_{2}}\]; combines with:

    A)  phosphoglyceric acid

    B)  Ribulose diphosphate

    C)  phosphoenol pyruvate

    D)  phosphoglyceraldehyde

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    In C4plants, \[C{{O}_{2}}\]; is picked up by a3-carbon   Compound phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP)   to form 4-carboncompound oxaloacetic acid. This reaction, catalysed by PEP carboxylase, takes place in the cytoplasm of mesophyll cells.


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