请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 rubisco
释义

Definition of rubisco in English:

rubisco

nounrʊˈbɪskəʊrəˈbisˌkō
mass nounBiochemistry
  • An enzyme present in plant chloroplasts, involved in fixing atmospheric carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and in oxygenation of the resulting compound during photorespiration.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is accepted that a protein like rubisco can not only have an enzymic function but can also act as a storage protein.
    • UV radiation in the natural environment may harm biological organisms by damaging DNA, membranes and proteins, including the D1 protein of PSII and rubisco.
    • The research also opens the door to new strategies that could help crop plants sidestep the unwanted, climate-driven influences on rubisco activase and the negative impacts on rubisco and photosynthesis.
    • UV-B can influence carbon reduction through effects on both the quantity and activity of rubisco.

Origin

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

 
 

Definition of rubisco in US English:

rubisco

nounrəˈbisˌkō
Biochemistry
  • An enzyme present in plant chloroplasts, involved in fixing atmospheric carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and in oxygenation of the resulting compound during photorespiration.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • UV-B can influence carbon reduction through effects on both the quantity and activity of rubisco.
    • It is accepted that a protein like rubisco can not only have an enzymic function but can also act as a storage protein.
    • The research also opens the door to new strategies that could help crop plants sidestep the unwanted, climate-driven influences on rubisco activase and the negative impacts on rubisco and photosynthesis.
    • UV radiation in the natural environment may harm biological organisms by damaging DNA, membranes and proteins, including the D1 protein of PSII and rubisco.

Origin

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

 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/10 17:23:26