AIIMS AIIMS Solved Paper-2014

  • question_answer
         Leghaemoglobin helps in

    A) nitrogen-fixation

    B) protecting nitrogenase from \[{{O}_{2}}\]

    C) destroy bacteria

    D) transport of food in plants

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                    Leghaemoglobin is a pinkish pigment precent   inside the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing giants like legumes. It is an oxygen scavanger and related to blood pigment haemoglobin. It protects nitrogen-fixing enzyme, nitrogenase from oxygen.


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