Question

explain the C4 pathway

Answer 1

A metabolic pathway where CO2 is first added to phosphoenolpyruvate by the enzyme, PEP carboxylase, producing the four-carbon compound within mesophyll cells that is later transported to the bundle sheath cells where the CO2 is to be released for use in the Calvin cycle.

Answer 2

ᴀ ᵐᵉᵗᵃᵇᵒˡⁱᶜ ᵖᵃᵗʰʷᵃʸ ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ᴄᴏ² ɪˢ ᶠⁱʳˢᵗ ᵃᵈᵈᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ
 ᵖʰᵒˢᵖʰᵒᵉⁿᵒˡᵖʸʳᵘᵛᵃᵗᵉ ᵇʸ ᵗʰᵉ ᵉⁿᶻʸᵐᵉ , ᴘᴇᴘ
 ᵖʳᵒᵈᵘᶜⁱⁿᵍ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵒᵘʳ ᶜᵃʳᵇᵒⁿ ᶜᵒᵐᵖᵒᵘⁿᵈ ʷⁱᵗʰⁱⁿ ᵐᵉˢᵒᵖʰʸˡˡ ᶜᵉˡˡˢ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ⁱˢ ˡᵃᵗᵉʳ ᵗʳᵃⁿˢᵖᵒʳᵗᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇᵘⁿᵈˡᵉ 
ˢʰᵉᵃᵗʰ ᶜᵉˡˡˢ ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ᴄᴏ² ⁱˢ ᵗᵒ ᵇᵉ 
ʳᵉˡᵉᵃˢᵉᵈ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗʰᵉ ᴜsᵉ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᶜᵃˡᵛⁱⁿ ᶜʸᶜˡᵉ. 


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