C₄
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Noun[edit]
C₄ (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) Designating a type of photosynthesis or carbon fixation, or a plant using such a process.
- 2021, Caroline Bowsher, Alyson Tobin, Plant Biochemistry:
- The enzyme responsible for C₄ fixation is PEP carboxylase.
- 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 29:
- Since C₄ plants have become more prevalent, and because they are poorer sources of nutrition, herbivores have had to adapt their feeding behaviour to the changing flora.