Plant Physiology
In plant physiology, the Warburg effect is the inhibition of carbon dioxide fixation, and subsequently of photosynthesis, by high oxygen concentrations. The oxygenase activity of RuBisCO, which initiates the process of photorespiration, largely accounts for this effect.
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