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Rubisco, sua maluka!
I Love Rubisco
Lets face it, as a plant scientist and a biologist I cant help but love Rubisco. What is Rubisco you may ask? Only the most common protein on the face of the planet. It rules, it rocks, but mostly it catalyses reactions. Its right there in the first step of the infamous Calvin Cycle. So without further introduction I give you:
The Top Ten Reasons To Love Rubisco!
10) Its name sounds really cool! Say it R-U-B-I-S-C-O
9)Well, duh, it is the most plentiful protein in the world!
8) Space filling models look kind of like Hortas - [Star Trek (We are almost as geeky as engineers)] (If you dont know what a Hortas is, go here -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horta_(Star_Trek) )
7)If plants love it, why shouldnt you?
6)It can be an oxygenase or a corboxylase - Ask a Biochemist (or dont... your choice. Do you wanna live or die of boredom?)
5)Rubisco won't dump you for another scientist (I wonder...)
4) Rubisco is better than cold beer - Only if you are a plant.
3) It doesnt leave you with that bloated feeling.
2) Every time you see someone cooking vegetables, you could say: "Oh my God! You killed Rubisco!" (You bastards!)
1) Because it is so much easier than saying Ribulose-1,5-Bus Phosphate Carboxylase!
(For more about Rubisco: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RUBISCO )
E para aqueles que se estao a perguntar onde raio eu descobri isto, bem a resposta e simples. Uma das profs da fcul axou k era giro para mostrar na aula...
E pronto... axo que so isto explica bem pk e k os biologos sao doidos...
