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Q. Carbon dioxide acceptor in C3 plants is

AIPMTAIPMT 1999Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

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In $C _3$ plants, the carbon dioxide molecule is accepted by a five carbon compound Ribulose 1 , 5 bisphosphate (RuBP) to produce two molecules of 3 carbon atom containing $3^{-}$ phosphoglyceric acid.