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← Nature & AnimalsWhich immediate outcome results within CAM plants when malate concentrations decrease?
A)Stomata close; conserving water.
B)RuBisCO activates, fixing carbon.✓
C)PEP carboxylase becomes more active.
D)Photorespiration rates rapidly escalate.
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Decreasing malate activates RuBisCO in CAM plants, using stored CO₂--the *malate shuttle* decreasing acidity. This occurs because decarboxylation generates CO₂ for the Calvin Cycle rather than continued CO₂ fixation by PEP carboxylase, the night process.
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