The primary CO2 acceptor in C4 and C3 plants are respectively
4 carbon compound phospho-enol pyruvate and 5 carbon compound RuBisCO
3 carbon compound phospho-enol pyruvate and 5 carbon compound RuBisCO
4 carbon compound oxaloacetic acid and 3 carbon compound phosphoglyceric acid
3 carbon compound pyruvic acid and 2 carbon compound phosphoglycolate
The primary CO2 acceptor in C4 is 3 carbon phospho-enol pyruvate and the primary CO2 acceptor in C3 plants is 5 carbon RuBisCO.