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What is the name of the enzyme that fixes carbon dioxide during photosynthesis?.

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Answer: Rubisco

The initial incorporation of carbon dioxide, which is catalyzed by the enzyme ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (Rubisco), proceeds by the addition of carbon dioxide to the five-carbon compound ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) and the splitting of the resulting six-carbon compound into two molecules of PGA.

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