Question

What is leucoplast? What is it functions?

Answer 1

Plants contain plastids that contain colouring pigments. Common example - Chloroplast. They are commonly found in the non-photosynthetic parts of plant and storage parts . They are commonly found in the non-photosynthetic parts of plant and storage parts .

The primary function of leucoplast is the storage of starch, lipids and proteins.

It may also perform the biosynthetic function of formation of amino acids, fatty acids and sucrose