Question 56

(Multiple Choice)

CAM plants keep stomata closed in daytime, thus reducing loss of water. They can do this because they


A) fix CO₂ into organic acids during the night.
B) fix CO₂ into sugars in the bundle-sheath cells.
C) fix CO₂ into pyruvate in the mesophyll cells.
D) use the enzyme phosphofructokinase, which outcompetes rubisco for CO₂.
E) use photosystem I and photosystem II at night.

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