Frequently Asked Questions About the Legal Aid Society What is The Legal Aid Society? The Legal Aid Society is the oldest and largest not-for-profit organization in the United States providing free legal services for clients who cannot afford to pay for counsel.
Photorespiration. Photorespiration is a biochemical process in plants in which, especially under conditions of water stress, oxygen inhibits the Calvin cycle, the carbon fixation portion of photosynthesis.
Key points: 1  Photorespiration is a wasteful pathway that occurs when the Calvin cycle enzyme rubisco acts on oxygen rather than carbon dioxide. 2  The majority of plants are C3\text C_3Câ3ââC, start subscript, 3, end subscript plants, which have no special features to combat photorespiration.