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what does it mean rubisco "fixes" carbon dioxide

Rubisco is an enzyme within the stroma that combines carbon dioxide and ribulose bisphosphate to form two molecules of glycerate-3-phosphate. Therefore, the rubisco catalyses GP production by ‘fixing’ the carbon in CO2 to the RuBP :smile:

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what does it mean rubisco "fixes" carbon dioxide

in addition to below, carbon dioxide joining RuBP is called 'carbon fixation' hence 'fixes'. hopefully this helps it make sense, also using carbon fixation itself is usually a mark alone if doing OCR A