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JIPMER 2004
Exam
JIPMER
Year
2004
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

JIPMER 2004 · Botany · Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

In Hatch and Slack type plants CO_2 acceptor is

In Hatch and Slack type plants CO2\mathrm{CO}_2 acceptor is

Options

  1. Amalate
  2. Bpyruvate
  3. Cphosphoenol pyruvate
  4. Daspartate

Correct answer

C. phosphoenol pyruvate

Step-by-step solution

In Hatch and Slack cycle CO2\mathrm{CO}_2 acceptor is phosphoenol pyruvic acid and first product is oxaloacetic acid, (a 4−C4-\mathrm{C} compound). Therefore it is popularly termed as C4\mathrm{C}_4 cycle.
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