NEET2003BotanyRespiration in PlantsActual
Photorespiration in C ₃ plants starts from:
Options
- Aphosphoglycerate
- Bphosphoglycolate
- Cglycerate
- Dglycine.
Correct answer
B. phosphoglycolate
Step-by-step solution
In the process of photorespiration oxygen combines with RUBP (Ribulose-biphosphate) in chloroplast as following Phosphoglycolate enters in peroxisomes and is finally converted to CO ₂ .