出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/04/13 21:38 UTC 版)
From photo- + respiration.
photorespiration (uncountable)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/17 11:04 UTC 版)
Photorespiration, or "'photo-respiration'", is a process in plant metabolism by which RuBP (a sugar) has oxygen added to it by the enzyme (rubisco), instead of carbon dioxide during normal photosynthesis. This process reduces efficiency of photosynthesis in C3 plants.