1.

What would have happed if c-4 plants did not have kranz anatomy ​

Answer»

natomy in c-4 plantsExplanation:Its photosynthetic response to varying CO2 and O2 is typical of C4 plants having KRANZ anatomy. Lack of night-time CO2 fixation indicates it is not acquiring carbon by Crassulacean acid METABOLISM. Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, a cytosolic C4 cycle enzyme, is enriched in the peripheral cytoplasm. When the CO2 level is very low, normal enzymes inside the stroma of plastid {C3 plants} (RUBISCO) start absorbing oxygen instead of CO2. (Photorespiration loss). To overcome this, sugarcane, maize (C4 plants) have 2 types of plastids.  The plastid present near epidermis only absorbs CO2 (even if it’s % very low) by converting it into 4C COMPOUNDS (Oxaloacetic acid, malic acid, etc.) and transported into cells around the vascular bundle (Bundle sheath cells =Kranz Anatomy). In these cells, a special type of plastid with only stromal elements present. Now, GOOD %of CO2 already reached these cells, so RUBISCO can do normal Calvin cycle and FORM Glucose. So, C4 plants evolve to overcome the problem related to RUBISCO and overcome photo-respiratory loss by making Kranz Anatomy.



Discussion

No Comment Found

Related InterviewSolutions