Q. In germinating seeds fatty acids are degraded exclusively in the

A) Mitochondria
B) Proplastids
C) Glyoxysomes
D) Peroxisomes
Explanation

[Solution from source] In fat-storing germinating seeds, beta-oxidation of fatty acids and the glyoxylate cycle take place in glyoxysomes, specialised microbodies that convert fat to sugar. In plants mitochondria do not carry out fatty acid beta-oxidation for this purpose. Answer (3).

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