The Most Abondant Enzyme on Earth

Rubisco is the enzyne that is involved in the first step of carbon fixation. It's normally very good at its job, but under certain circumstances it can also bind to oxygen. The plant does not want robisco to go philandering with oxygen. This makes me think of two things in the human body. Maye think of a red blood cells. What is it? Carbon minoxide? Yes? Or ye, ye. And if there's too much in your atmosphere, in the room, you're ino or whatever situation, your blood cells are now grabbing it instead of the oxygen that's going to feed your cells. That's what we want.

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