The first carbon dioxide acceptor in C4-plants is
A. Phosphoenol-pyruvate
B. Ribulose 1, 5-diphosphate
C. Oxalo-acetyl acid
D. Phosphoglyceric acid
Answer: Option A
Solution(By Examveda Team)
The first carbon dioxide acceptor in C4 plants is Phosphoenol-pyruvate.C4 carbon fixation is one of three known photosynthetic processes of carbon fixation in plants.
CO2 is initially fixed in the mesophyll cells by the enzyme PEP carboxylase which reacts the three-carbon phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) with CO2 to form the four-carbon oxaloacetic acid (OAA). The resulting pyruvate (PYR), together with about half of the phosphoglycerate (PGA) produced by RuBisCO, diffuses back to the mesophyll.
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