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The first stable product Oxaloacetic acid (OAA) produced in C4 plants is a __ carbon compound.

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The product of carboxylation in the mesophyll cells of and plant is the 4C compound (OAA), which is formed when carbon dioxide is fixed to phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP).

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