@drwmfr.bsky.social
Reposted
The MOST ABUNDANT PROTEIN ON EARTH is probably the one that almost all life depends on.
It makes up ~3% of the mass of every leaf & blade of grass on the planet: a total weight of 10^11 kg.
Let's talk about Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase or 'RuBisCO'.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
It makes up ~3% of the mass of every leaf & blade of grass on the planet: a total weight of 10^11 kg.
Let's talk about Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase or 'RuBisCO'.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
November 20, 2024 at 1:42 PM
The MOST ABUNDANT PROTEIN ON EARTH is probably the one that almost all life depends on.
It makes up ~3% of the mass of every leaf & blade of grass on the planet: a total weight of 10^11 kg.
Let's talk about Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase or 'RuBisCO'.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
It makes up ~3% of the mass of every leaf & blade of grass on the planet: a total weight of 10^11 kg.
Let's talk about Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase or 'RuBisCO'.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...