Describe the Oxygenase Activity of Ribulose 1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) and Explain

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Essay

Describe the oxygenase activity of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco) and explain why this reaction is undesirable from the point of view of a plant.

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Definitions:

Anal-retentive

Relates to a personality trait described by Freud as overly orderly, stingy, and obstinate, thought to originate from strict toilet training in early childhood.

Oedipal

Relating to the Oedipus complex, a theory in psychoanalytic psychology that describes a child's feelings of desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Electra

A psychoanalytic theory originally suggested by Carl Jung, referring to a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

Sigmund Freud

A neurologist from Austria who established psychoanalysis, a technique for addressing mental disorders via conversation between a psychoanalyst and their patient.