Respiration In Plants Ques 21
21. NADP+ is reduced to NADPH in
(a) HMP
(b) Calvin Cycle
(c) glycolysis
(d) EMP
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Answer : a
Hints & Solutions
(a) NADP+ is reduced to NADPH in the HMP (Hexose Monophosphate Pathway), also known as the pentose phosphate pathway. In the oxidative phase of HMP, glucose-6-phosphate is oxidised and NADP+ is reduced to NADPH. Glycolysis (EMP) reduces NAD+ to NADH, not NADP+. The Calvin cycle consumes NADPH but does not produce it.
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