Plants Sometimes Protect Themselves from Their Own Toxic Secondary Metabolites

question 194

Multiple Choice

Plants sometimes protect themselves from their own toxic secondary metabolites by

• A) producing special enzymes that destroy the toxin.
• B) storing precursors of the toxic substances in one compartment and the enzymes that convert those precursors to toxic products in another compartment.
• C) storing the toxic substances in mitochondria or chloroplasts.
• D) distributing the toxic substances to all cells of the plant.
• E) performing crassulacean acid metabolism.

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