rubisco
See also: RuBisCO
English
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editEtymology
editCoined by David Eisenberg, from r(ib)u(lose) + bis(phosphate) + c(arboxylase) + o(xygenase).
Noun
editrubisco (plural rubiscos)
- (biochemistry) A plant enzyme (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase) which catalyzes both the fixing of atmospheric carbon dioxide during photosynthesis 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.