Photosynthesis

AP Biology· difficulty 3/5

C₄ plants reduce photorespiration by

  • A

    Performing the light reactions of photosynthesis only during the night

  • B

    Eliminating RuBisCO from their photosynthetic mesophyll cells entirely

  • C

    Concentrating CO₂ in bundle-sheath cells before delivering it to RuBisCO

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  • D

    Storing fixed CO₂ in solid crystalline form within bundle-sheath cells

Explanation

Mesophyll cells use PEP carboxylase to fix CO₂ into a 4-carbon intermediate, shuttling it to bundle-sheath cells where high CO₂ keeps RuBisCO operating efficiently.

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