NEET Biology question

During photorespiration, the oxygen-consuming reaction(s) occur in the

(A)Stroma of chloroplasts and mitochondria
(B)Stroma of chloroplasts and peroxisomesCorrect
(C)Grana of chloroplasts and peroxisomes
(D)Stroma of chloroplasts

Answer: (B)

Solution

Oxygen is consumed in two steps of photorespiration: in the chloroplast stroma, where RuBisCO's oxygenase activity uses O2 to oxidise RuBP; and in the peroxisome, where

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