NEET Biology question

BiologyMineral NutritionNEET

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The deficiencies of micronutrients not only affect growth of plants but also vital functions such as photosynthetic and mitochondrial electron flow. Among the groups given below, which group of three elements affects both photosynthetic and mitochondrial electron transport the most?

Answer: (A)

Solution

Copper (in plastocyanin and cytochrome-c oxidase) and iron (in cytochromes and ferredoxin/iron-sulphur centres) are direct electron-carrying components shared by both the photosynthetic and the mitochondrial electron transport

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