What is the primary benefit for leguminous plants in forming root nodules with nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
Increased water absorption
Protection from pathogens
Access to usable nitrogen
Enhanced photosynthesis
Related Questions
Nitrogenase catalyzes the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into which compound in the root nodules of leguminous plants?
Ammonia
Nitrite
Nitrate
Dinitrogen
Which specific flavonoid is known to induce nod gene expression in Rhizobium leguminosarum when establishing symbiosis with pea plants?
Naringenin
Apigenin
Kaempferol
Luteolin
The primary product of the nitrogenase-catalyzed reaction in the root nodules of leguminous plants is:
Ammonia
Nitrates
Nitrites
Dinitrogen
A researcher observes that a particular legume mutant forms nodules, but these nodules fail to fix nitrogen. Which of the following gene mutations is MOST likely responsible?
Mutation in nod genes
Mutation in genes encoding flavonoid biosynthesis
Mutation in nif genes
Mutation in genes encoding leghemoglobin
The process of transfer of amino group from one amino acid to the keto group of a keto acid is called
Oxidative amination
Reductive amination
Transamination
Deamination
The enzyme nitrogenase is highly sensitive to oxygen. How do root nodules maintain a low oxygen environment necessary for nitrogen fixation?
Active transport of oxygen out of the nodule
Anaerobic respiration within the bacteroids
Leghemoglobin binds oxygen, buffering its concentration
Thick cell walls of the nodule prevent oxygen diffusion
VAM is
Ectomycorrhizae
Endomycorrhizae
Both (a) and (b)
Ectoendomycorrhizae
The pink color inside a root nodule is due to the presence of:
Chlorophyll
Anthocyanin
Leghaemoglobin
Carotenoids
ketoglutaric acid {\rm{ + N}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{4}}} + NADPH\xrightarrow{{'A'}}{\rm{glutamate}} + {{\rm{H}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{O}} + NADP\,\,'A'\,{\rm{stand}}\,{\rm{for}}\,{\rm{?}}
Glutamate dehydrogenase
Hexokinase
Alcohol dehydrogenases
Glycolate
Which two important amides found in the plants are structural part of proteins
Glutamate and ureides
Glycine and serine
Glutamine and asparagine
Asparagine and arginine