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Grade 12Zoology

C4-plant differ from C3-plant in respect to
  1. number of co2 molecule used
  2. substrate which accept the co2 molecule
  3. number of ATP formed
  4. number of o2 formed

Profile image of garima nirmal
11 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Gaurav
11 Years ago
Hello Student
Correct Answer is 2. Substrate which accept the CO2Molecule.
In C3Plants CO2combines with RuBP to form phospholglyceric Acid on the other hand in C4Plants canbon dioxide is first picked up by phosphoenol pyruvate to form oxaloacetic acid.
Profile image of Raheema Javed
11 Years ago
Hi Garima
C4 plants differ from C3 plants wth respect to the substrate which accept the CO2 molecule.

The primary CO2 acceptor in C3 cycle is Ribulose bis phosphate (RUBP a 5 carbon compound) whereas in case of C4 cycle the primary acceptor of CO2 is Phosphoenol pyruvic acid (PEP a 3 carbon compound).