Q. In sugarcane plant, ¹⁴ CO₂ is fixed in a malic acid, in which the enzyme that fixes carbon dioxide is
A) Ribulose phosphate kinase
B) Fructose phosphatase
C) Ribulose bisophosphate carboxylase
D) Phosphoenol Pyruvic acid carboxylase
Explanation
In $C_{4}$-plants, carbon dioxide is picked up by phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) and the reaction being catalysed by PEP carboxylase.
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