Certain plants which possess the C4 dicarboxylic acid pathway of CO2 fixations show a structural dimorphism of chloroplast structure. Sugarcane is a common example of C4 plant that has dimorphic chloroplast. The mesophyll cells possess chloroplasts with well developed grana whereas the bundle sheath chloroplasts lack the organization of grana (Agranal chloroplasts). The malic acid is transported to the bundle sheath chloroplast (Transportations). Here it is converted to pyruvic acid and CO 2 by NADP+ malic enzyme (Decarboxylation). The pyruvic acid is then transported to mesophyll chloroplasts (Transportation).
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