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What is the role of pep carboxylase in c4 and cam plants?.

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CAM plants are known for their capacity to fix carbon dioxide at night, using PEP carboxylase as the primary carboxylating enzyme and the accumulation of malate (which is made by the enzyme malate dehydrogenase) in the large vacuoles of their cells.

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