JIPMER 2018
- Exam
- JIPMER
- Year
- 2018
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
JIPMER 2018 · Botany · Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
Which of these is incorrect for C_4 -plants?
Which of these is incorrect for -plants?
Options
- AKranz anatomy
- B acceptor is PEP
- CPEPCase in mesophyll
- DRuBisCO in mesophyll
Correct answer
D. RuBisCO in mesophyll
Step-by-step solution
Among the given options, option (4) is incorrect about -plants. The mesophyll cells of -plants do not possess RuBisCO enzyme. -plants show Kranz anatomy. In these plants, the initial fixation of occurs in mesophyll cells. The primary acceptor of is Phosphoenol Pyruvate or PEP. It combines with in the presence of PEP carboxylase or PEPCase to form oxaloacetic acid or oxaloacetate.