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Rubisco

The world’s most important enzyme

Rubisco is the enzyme that catalyses the reaction at the start of photosynthesis. But it is an inefficient catalyst and so genetic engineers are trying to improve its performance in an attempt to increase crop yields

Increasing the carbon dioxide level in a greenhouse to above atmospheric concentrations helps to increase crop yield.

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