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    5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, commonly known by the abbreviations RuBisCo, rubisco, RuBPCase, or RuBPco, is an enzyme (EC 4.1.1.39) involved in the light-independent...
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    to the Calvin cycle, as it results from an alternative reaction of the RuBisCO enzyme, and its final byproduct is another glyceraldehyde-3-P molecule...
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    is called RuBisCO, which catalyses two distinct reactions using either CO2 (carboxylation) or oxygen (oxygenation) as a substrate. RuBisCO oxygenation...
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    phosphate groups. The enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (rubisco) catalyzes the reaction between RuBP and carbon dioxide. The product is...
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    or C2 cycle) refers to a process in plant metabolism where the enzyme RuBisCO oxygenates RuBP, wasting some of the energy produced by photosynthesis...
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    filled with the enzymes ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO)—the predominant enzyme in carbon fixation and the rate limiting enzyme...
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    isotope effect (KIE) of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (RuBisCO) is the isotopic fractionation associated solely with the step in the Calvin-Benson...
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    depleted during hundreds of millions of years from above 5000 ppm) because RuBisCO incorporates more oxygen into RuBP as temperatures increase. This leads...
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    by the enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase, or RuBisCO. RuBisCO catalyzes the reaction between a five-carbon molecule, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate...
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    enzyme RuBisCO and other Calvin cycle enzymes are located, and where CO2 released by decarboxylation of the four-carbon acids is then fixed by RuBisCO activity...
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  • (59): S9. doi:10.1186/1752-0509-6-S2-S9. PMC 3521184. PMID 23281598. "Rubisco and C4 Plants" (PDF). RSC: Advancing the Chemical Sciences. RSC. Archived...
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    reaction mediated by the enzyme ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (RuBisCo). RuBisCo catalyzes the fixation of atmospheric carbon dioxide in the chloroplasts...
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    photosynthetic enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO). Pyrenoids therefore seem to have a role analogous to that of carboxysomes...
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  • facilitated along the way by a range of enzymes and co-enzymes. The enzyme RuBisCO is responsible for "fixing" CO2 – that is, it attaches it to a carbon-based...
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  • Messages (2005), (2005) CNES Cosmic Connexion (2006) Doritos Advert (2008) RuBisCo Message (2009) Sent Forever, Penguin UK "BIOMEDIALE". 2009-02-13. Archived...
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    Chloroplast (section RuBisCO)
    enzyme called RuBisCO. RuBisCO has trouble distinguishing between carbon dioxide and oxygen, so at high oxygen concentrations, RuBisCO starts accidentally...
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  • carbon dioxide to a sugar. The process is usually catalysed by the enzyme RuBisCO. Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, the enzyme that catalyzes...
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    cytochrome photosystem I acetyl-CoA carboxylase rubisco tRNAs tRNA photosystem II tRNAs tRNAs photosystem II ribosomal proteins tRNA tRNA nadh dehydrogenase...
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    carbon dioxide fixed the previous night into the presence of RuBisCO. This saturates RuBisCO with carbon dioxide, allowing minimal photorespiration. This...
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    photosynthesis, a process that generates molecular oxygen (O2) as a by-product. RuBisCo Carbon fixation Reduction 3-phosphoglycerate 3-phosphoglycerate Carbon...
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  • oxygenase (RuBisCO) from atmospheric oxygen, fixing carbon in their mesophyll cells and using oxaloacetate and malate to ferry the fixed carbon to RuBisCO and...
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    plants that inhibits RuBisCO, a key enzyme in the Calvin cycle and carbon fixation. In dark conditions, this molecule binds to RuBisCO, preventing it from...
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    ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) and carbon dioxide are catalysed by the rubisco enzyme. The GP is converted to D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (G3P) using...
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    diameter. It is believed that these structures tether the CO2-fixing enzyme, RuBisCO, to the interior of the shell, as well as the enzyme carbonic anhydrase...
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    synthesized. RuBP, a 5-carbon sugar, undergoes carbon fixation, catalyzed by the rubisco enzyme, to become an unstable 6-carbon intermediate. This intermediate...
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    photosynthesis. The pre-collected CO2 is concentrated around the enzyme RuBisCO, increasing photosynthetic efficiency. This mechanism of acid metabolism...
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  • giraffe, this results in about twenty feet of extra nerve. The enzyme RuBisCO has been described as a "notoriously inefficient" enzyme, as it is inhibited...
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  • been released from RuBisCO by RuBisCO activase. As CA1P is present in many but not all plants, CA1P-mediated regulation of RuBisCO is not universal for...
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    Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase, commonly abbreviated to RuBisCO, is the enzyme involved in the first major step of carbon fixation, the...
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    S2CID 220296031. Spreitzer, Robert J.; Salvucci, Michael E. (2002). "RUBISCO: Structure, Regulatory Interactions, and Possibilities for a Better Enzyme"...
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