Q.

The oxygenation activity of RuBisCO enzyme in photorespiration leads to the formation of      [2020]

1 2 molecules of 3-C compound  
2 1 molecule of 3-C compound  
3 1 molecule of 6-C compound
4 1 molecule of 4-C compound and 1 molecule of 2-C compound  

Ans.

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During photorespiration in C3 plants, some O2 does bind to RuBisCO and RuBP instead of being converted to 2 molecules of PGA. It binds with  O2 to form one molecule of phosphoglycerate (3 Carbon) and phosphoglycolate (2 Carbon).