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Why Does Rubisco Show Relatively Little Preference for CO2 as a Substrate

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Why does Rubisco show relatively little preference for CO2 as a substrate over O2?


A) Both CO2 and O2 bind directly to Rubisco's active site.
B) CO2 and O2 bind to RuBP,which occupies the active site; their ability to attack RuBP is roughly equal.
C) Rubisco binds to a regulatory site.
D) CO2 and O2 bind to a regulatory site instead of the active site.
E) Both O2 and CO2 are repelled RuBP.

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