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Biology Question on Photorespiration

Photorespiration in C plants starts from:

A

phosphoglycerate

B

phosphoglycolate

C

glycerate

D

glycine

Answer

phosphoglycolate

Explanation

Solution

In the process of photorespiration oxygen combines with RUBP (Ribulosebiphosphate) in chloroplast as following Phosphoglycolate enters in peroxisomes and is finally converted to CO .