ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase
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noun
- An enzyme found in plants, algae, and photosynthetic bacteria that catalyzes the first major step of carbon fixation in photosynthesis by combining carbon dioxide with ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate, and that can also catalyze a competing reaction with oxygen.
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