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Which pathway is associated with a 3-carbon acid as the first product?

Options

  1. AC3 pathway
  2. BC4 pathway
  3. CCAM pathway
  4. DKrebs cycle

Correct answer

A. C3 pathway

Step-by-step solution

Let us now ask ourselves a question that was asked by the scientists who were struggling to understand the ‘dark reaction’. How many carbon atoms would a molecule have which after accepting (fixing) CO2 , would have 3 carbons (of PGA)? The studies very unexpectedly showed that the acceptor molecule was a 5-carbon ketose sugar – ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP). Did any of you think of this possibility? Do not worry;Scientists also tried to know whether all plants have PGA as the first product of CO2 fixation, or whethe

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