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phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase

(PEP carboxylase) The enzyme that is responsible for carbon dioxide fixation in *C4 plants and in plants exhibiting *crassulacean acid metabolism. It catalyses the carboxylation of phosphoenolpyruvate to oxaloacetic acid.

 
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