alleryStart learning →In photorespiration, RuBP binds O2 to give phosphoglycerate and which 2-carbon compound?
AGlyceraldehyde
BGlyoxylic acid
CPhosphoglycolate
DPyruvic acid
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Phosphoglycolate
RuBisCO oxygenase activity splits RuBP into one phosphoglycerate and one 2-carbon phosphoglycolate.
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