Q. Photorespiration in $C_{3}$-plants starts from

A) Phosphoglycerate
B) Phosphoglycolate
C) Glycerate
D) Glycine
Explanation

Photorespiration is the light dependent process, in which utilisation of oxygen and release of carbon dioxide by the photosynthetic organs of a plant takes place. Normally, photosynthetic organs are reverse in the light, i.e., uptake carbon dioxide and release oxygen. This process is pronounced in $C_{3}$-plants and negligible in $C_{4}$-plants. At high temperature, RuBP carboxylase functions as oxygenase and instead of fixing carbon dioxide, oxidises ribulose 1, 5-biphosphate to produce phosphoglyceric acid and phosphoglycolate (starting substrate). On hydrolyzing, it forms glycolate and then glyoxylate, glycine and serine respectively.

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