Given below are two statements:
Statement-I: The primary 
acceptor in 
plants is phosphoenolpyruvate and is found in the mesophyll cells.
Statement-II: Mesophyll cells of 
plants lack RuBisCO enzyme
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
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Plants that are adapted to dry tropical region have 
pathway and called as 
plants e.g., grass, maize, sorghum, sugarcane, etc. This pathway is also known as Hatch and Slack pathway. The primary 
acceptor is a 3-carbon molecule phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) and is present in the mesophyll cells. The enzyme responsible for this fixation is PEP carboxylase or PEPcase. Mesophyll cells lack RuBisCO enzyme.
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