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EAMCET Medical EAMCET Medical Solved Paper-2003

  • question_answer
    During photorespiration, the conversion of phosphoglycolate to glycolate takes place in this cell organelle :

    A)  mitochondria                   

    B)  glyoxysome

    C)   peroxisome                                     

    D)  chloroplast

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     Photorespiration is the uptake of \[{{O}_{3}}\]and release of \[C{{O}_{2}}\]:, in light and results from the biosynthesis of glycolate in chloroplast and subsequent metabolism of glycolic acid in the same leaf cell through other two cell organelles    (i.e.,    peroxisome    and mitochondria). Conversion   of   phosphoglycolate   to glycolate takes place in chloroplast.


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