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Which of the following statement is correctly paired?
BiologyMineral NutritionNEET
Options:
  • A Zn+2 - It is an activator of nitrogenase during nitrogen fixation.
  • B Mo - Activator of alcohol dehydrogenase
  • C Mg+2 - Activator of phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase.
  • D Cu - Activator of RuBisCO
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Mg+2 - Activator of phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase.
Mg2+ is an activator for both ribulose bisphosphate carboxylaseoxygenase and phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase, both of which are critical enzymes in photosynthetic carbon fixation; Zn2+ is an activator of alcohol dehydrogenase and Mo of nitrogenase during nitrogen metabolism.

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