All of the following are characteristics of a C-4 plant EXCEPT: A) PEP carboxylase. B) transport of carbon dioxide and reducing power from the mesophyll cells to the bundle sheath cells. C) pyruvate-P_i dikinase. D) the expenditure of two high-energy phosphate bonds for each transport of carbon dioxide. E) carbon dioxide uptake in the daytime and fixation at night.

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C-4 plants fix carbon dioxide during the day and not at night, which is a characteristic that distinguishes them from CAM plants that fix carbon dioxide at night. The other characteristics listed are all typical of C-4 plants.

All of the Following Are Characteristics of a C-4 Plant