what do you mean by the Photorespiration?
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a respiratory process in many higher plants by which they take up oxygen in the light and give out some carbon dioxide, contrary to the general pattern of photosynthesis.
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photorespiration. [ fō′tō-rĕs′pə-rā′shən ] The chemical combination of carbohydrates with oxygen in plants with the release of carbon dioxide.
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Photorespiration (also known as the oxidative photosynthetic carbon cycle, or C2 photosynthesis) refers to a process in plant metabolism where the enzyme RuBisCO oxygenates RuBP, wasting some of the energy produced by photosynthesis.
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