Photosynthesis Question 70
70. In sugarcane plant $14 CO_2$ is fixed in malic acid, in which the enzyme that fixes $CO 2$ is
(a) fructose phosphatase
(b) ribulose biphosphate carboxylase
(c) Phosphoenol pyruvic acid carboxylase
(d) ribulose phosphate kinase
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Answer : c
Hints & Solution
(c) Sugarcane is a $C_4$ plant in which $CO_2$ is fixed in malic acid by the enzyme phosphoenol pyruvic acid carboxylase present in mesophyll cells.
