rubisco

Definitions

noun biochemistry a plant enzyme which catalyzes both the fixing of atmospheric carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and the reverse process of photorespiration

Normalized by loss of CamelCase from RuBisCO, a semi-acronym of its full name ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase.

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Under saturating light conditions at low levels of intercellular CO2, assimilation is limited by the quantity and activity of rubisco, the enzyme that is primarily responsible for capturing atmospheric carbon in the production of sugars.

Climate change in relation to carbon uptake and carbon storage in the Arctic 2009
Photosynthetic rate is correlated with the nitrogen content of leaves, since carbon assimilation is driven by the nitrogen-rich enzyme rubisco.

Climate change in relation to carbon uptake and carbon storage in the Arctic 2009
Not rubisco--it churns out new molecules at the parkinsonian rate of 3 reactions per second.

Archive 2008-11-01 doyle 2008
Not rubisco--it churns out new molecules at the parkinsonian rate of 3 reactions per second.

rubisco doyle 2008
At the heart of the process is an ancient enzyme rubisco.

Archive 2008-11-01 doyle 2008
At the heart of the process is an ancient enzyme rubisco.

Rubisco doyle 2008
At the heart of the process is an ancient enzyme rubisco.

Archive 2008-01-01 doyle 2008
At the heart of the process is an ancient enzyme rubisco.

rubisco doyle 2008
Not rubisco--it churns out new molecules at the parkinsonian rate of 3 reactions per second.

Archive 2008-01-01 doyle 2008
Not rubisco--it churns out new molecules at the parkinsonian rate of 3 reactions per second.

Rubisco doyle 2008