Q32 / 180 · NEET 2017 · Botany

Phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) is the primary CO2 acceptor in:

  • A
    C3 plants
  • Correct answer
    B
    C4 plants
  • C
    C2 plants
  • D
    C3 and C4 plants

Solution

PEP is a 3C compound which serves as primary CO2 acceptor in the mesophyll cell cytoplasm of C4 plants like Maize, Sugarcane, Sorghum etc.

PEP is able to rapidly fix carbon at very low concentrations of hydrogen carbonate in presence of Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase enzyme the addition of bicarbonate ( HC O 3 − ) to phosphoenolpyruvate ( PEP ) to form the four-carbon compound oxaloacetate and inorganic phosphate

PEP+HC O 3 − →oxaloacetate+Pi

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'B'.

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