Q32 / 180 · NEET 2017 · Botany
Phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) is the primary acceptor in:
- Aplants
- Correct answerBplants
- Cplants
- Dand plants
Solution
PEP is a 3C compound which serves as primary acceptor in the mesophyll cell cytoplasm of 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 to phosphoenolpyruvate to form the four-carbon compound oxaloacetate and inorganic phosphate
PEP is able to rapidly fix carbon at very low concentrations of hydrogen carbonate in presence of Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase enzyme the addition of bicarbonate to phosphoenolpyruvate to form the four-carbon compound oxaloacetate and inorganic phosphate
Hence, the correct answer is option: 'B'.