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During photorespiration, the oxygen cons...

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

A

stroma of chloroplasts and peroxisomes

B

grana of chloroplasts and peroxisomes

C

stroma of chloroplasts

D

stroma of chloroplasts and mitochondria

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The first reaction of photorespiration occurs in stroma of chloroplast. In this reaction the RuBP molecule in presenec of enzyme RuBisCO. In peroxisome the glycolate transferred from chloroplast takes up `O_(2)` and formed the glyoxylate whereas, the `H_(2)O_(2)` released as byproduct.
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