ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase meaning

• [Medicine]
  A copper protein that catalyzes the formation of 2 moles of 3-phosphoglycerate from ribulose 1,5-biphosphate in the presence of carbon dioxide. It utilizes oxygen instead of carbon dioxide to form 2-phosphoglycollate and 3-phosphoglycerate. EC 4.1.1.39.

• ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase:    [Medicine]A copper ...
• ribulose biphosphate carboxylase:    [Medicine]A copper ...
• ribulose biphosphate carboxylase oxygenase:    [Medicine]A copper ...

Examples

1. They are proteinaceous structures resembling phage heads in their morphology and contain the enzymes of carbon dioxide fixation in these organisms ( especially ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase / oxygenase, RuBisCO, and carbonic anhydrase ).