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

Options

A. Grana of chloroplasts and peroxisomes
B. Stroma of chloroplasts
C. Stroma of chloroplasts and mitochondria
D. Stroma of chloroplasts and peroxisomes

Answer

D

Explanation

There is 2 oxygen-consuming reacting during the process of photorespiration
* The First reaction takes place in the stroma of the chloroplast
`RuBP overset(O_2)underset(RUBISCO "oxygenase") rarr ` Phosphoglycolate.
* The Second reaction takes place in the stroma of peroxisome.
Glycolate `overset(O_2)underset("Glycolate oxidase") rarr` Glyoxylate