Phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) is the primary CO2 acceptor in
- C4 plants
- C2 plants
- C3 and C4 plants
- C3 plants
Answer
(1) C4 plants
Solution
As per NCERT, in the Hatch and Slack pathway the primary CO2 acceptor is phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP), a 3-carbon molecule present in the mesophyll cells of C4 plants; the enzyme is PEP carboxylase.
In C3 plants the primary acceptor is RuBP (RuBisCO).
Answer: (1)