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

A
Ribulose phosphate kinase
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Fructose phosphatase
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Ribulose biphosphate carboxylase
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Phosphoenol pyruvic acid carboxylase
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Solution

The correct option is D Phosphoenol pyruvic acid carboxylase

In C4 plants, carbon dioxide is picked by phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) and the reaction being catalysed by PEP carboxylase.


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