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Photosynthesis in Higher Plants — BIOLOGY STD 11 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ScienceBIOLOGYPhotosynthesis in Higher Plants3 Marks
Question
A group of plants lacks photorespiration. Answer the following questions based on these plants.
  1. Which cells in the plant have RuBisCO?
  2. Does photorespiration occur in these plants?
  3. In which cells the $\mathrm{CO}_2$ fixation initially occurs.
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Answer

  1. Bundle sheath cells.
  2. Photorespiration does not occur in these plants.
  3. Atmospheric $\mathrm{CO}_2$ is first fixed into organic acid (4C) in the mesophyll cells in the presence of PEP carboxylase enzyme.

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