The carboxylating enzyme present in bundle sheath cells of maize

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241.

First transistory chemical formed by reaction between CO2 and RUBP is

  • PGA

  • PGAL/ GAP

  • dihydroxy acetone phosphate

  • 2 carboxy, 3-keto, 1-5 biphosphoribotol


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242.

The carboxylating enzyme present in bundle sheath cells of maize leaves is

  • RUBP carboxylase

  • hexokinase

  • carbonic anhydrase

  • PEP-carboxylase


A.

RUBP carboxylase

Maize is a C4 -plant having distinct Kranz anatomy and two carboxylation enzymes. One is present in the mesophyll cells of chloroplasts and the other in the bundle sheath cells.

PEP- Carboxylase is present in the mesophyll cell and RUBP carboxylase is present in the bundle sheath cells.


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243.

The maximum elements found in cytoplasm is

  • C

  • He

  • H

  • N


244.

Calvin cycle takes place in

  • grana

  • stroma

  • intra thylakoid

  • matrix


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245.

Which of the following is formed in light reaction of photosynthesis?

  • ATP

  • NADPH2

  • O2

  • All of the above


246.

The plant group in which stomata opens in night is

  • mesophytes

  • succulents

  • hydrophytes

  • None of the above


247.

Chlorophyll- a is characterized by the side group

  • methyl

  • aldehyde

  • phytol

  • ketone


248.

Photorespiration takes place in plants where carbon fixation occurs through

  • Calvin cycle

  • Hatch and Slack cycle

  • Glycolysis

  • Krebs' cycle


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249.

Blackman's law of limiting factor is applied to

  • respiration

  • transpiration

  • photorespiration

  • photosynthesis


250.

In sugarcane plant, 14CO2 is fixed in a malic acid, in which the enzyme that fixes CO2 is

  • ribulose phosphate kinase

  • fructose phosphatase

  • ribulose biphosphate carboxylase

  • phosphoenol pyruvic acid carboxylase


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