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rubisco

Pronunciation: /rʊˈbɪskəʊ/
Definition of rubisco

noun

[mass noun] Biochemistry
  • an enzyme present in plant chloroplasts, involved in fixing atmospheric carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and in oxygenation of the resulting compound during photorespiration.

Origin:

1980s: from r(ib)u(lose) + bis- + c(arb)o(xyl)

rubisco in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of rubisco in the US English dictionary