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Binding of oxygen to the reaction centre of RuBisCO leads to .

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photophosphorylation
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photorespiration
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carboxylation
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reduction
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Solution

The correct option is B photorespiration
Photorespiration is the uptake of O2 instead of CO2 in presence of light by green plants. In this reaction, RuBisCo binds to O2 and produce one molecule of 3-PGA and one molecule of 2-phosphoglycolic acid through oxygenation.

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