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Rubisco en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ruːˈbiskoʊ/

Etymology

From RuBisCO

Meanings

1. (uncountable) 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.
   • To turn light into food takes several steps, but the key is an extremely inefficient enzyme called RuBisCO. 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 29:

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