Rubisco

See also: RuBisCO and rubisco

English

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Etymology

From RuBisCO

Noun

Rubisco (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase) which catalyzes both the fixing of atmospheric carbon dioxide during photosynthesis (and for a few chemioautotrophic bacteria) and the reverse process of photorespiration. [from 20th c.]
    • 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 29:
      To turn light into food takes several steps, but the key is an extremely inefficient enzyme called RuBisCO.

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