Why is rubisco considered an important enzyme?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Rubisco is the world’s most abundant protein. Rubisco is the enzyme that catalyzes the first
reaction of the Calvin cycle, and is the key regulatory site of the Calvin cycle. Rubisco
provides the source of organic molecules for most of the world’s organisms.
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engineering. Select the exception. a. ligase b. reverse transcriptase c. restriction d. replicase e. DNA polymerase
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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