Botany - Photosynthesis in Higher Plants Question with Solution | TestHub

In C₄-plants, CO₂is picked up by phosphoenol-Pyruvate (PEP) and the reaction being catalyzed by PEP carboxylase.

${\text{CO}}_2+\text{PEP}\underset{{\text{Mesophyll cells of C}}_4-\text{plant}}{\overset{\text{PEP carboxylase}}{⟶}}\text{Oxalo acetic acid}\underset{\text{dehydrogenase}}{\overset{\text{NADPH}}{⟶}}\text{Malic acid}+{\text{NADP}}^{+}$