Q.

Given below are two statements:         [2023]

Statement I: RuBisCO is the most abundant enzyme in the world.
Statement II: Photorespiration does not occur in C4 plants.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

1 Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.  
2 Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.  
3 Both statements I and II are correct  
4 Both statements I and II are incorrect  

Ans.

(3)

Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase-Oxygenase (RuBisCO) is the most abundant protein in the whole of the biosphere. C4 plants lack photorespiration as they have a mechanism that increases the concentration of CO2 at the enzyme site, so RuBisCO does not bind to oxygen.