How do plants compensate for rubisco's inefficiency at sugar production?
A) Plants make a large amount of the enzyme.
B) Plants fix the carbon twice at two different times of day.
C) Plants fix the carbon only once.
D) Plants store products in vacuoles.
E) Plants only fix carbon at night.

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Rubisco, despite being inefficient in its ability to fix carbon due to its oxygenase activity, is compensated for by plants through the production of large amounts of the enzyme. This abundance helps to maximize the photosynthetic capacity despite the enzyme's limitations.

How Do Plants Compensate for Rubisco's Inefficiency at Sugar Production