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

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 $O_{2}$ instead of $C O_{2}$ in presence of light by green plants. In this reaction, RuBisCo binds to $O_{2}$ and produce one molecule of 3-PGA and one molecule of 2-phosphoglycolic acid through oxygenation.

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