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NEET 2011
Exam
NEET
Year
2011
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Mineral Nutrition

NEET 2011 · Botany · Mineral Nutrition

The function of leghaemoglobin in the root nodules of legumes is

The function of leghaemoglobin in the root nodules of legumes is

Options

  1. Aoxygen removal
  2. Bnodule differentiation
  3. Cexpression of nif gene
  4. Dinhibition of nitrogenase activity

Correct answer

A. oxygen removal

Step-by-step solution

Leghaemoglobin is an oxygen scavenger. It protects the nitrogen fixing enzyme nitrogenase.
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