Refer to the given reaction.
RuBP $+\mathrm{O}_{2} \xrightarrow[ ext { oxygenase }]{ ext { RuBP }

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Refer to the given reaction.
 RuBP $+\mathrm{O}_{2} \xrightarrow[	ext { oxygenase }]{	ext { RuBP }} \underset{	ext { acid }}{	ext { Phosphoglyceric }}+\underset{	ext { acid }}{	ext { Phosphoglycolic }}$\ It is the first reaction of\

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(c) : At high temperature, RuBisCO functions as oxygenase and instead of fixing $\mathrm{CO}_{2}$, oxidises RuBP to produce a $3-\mathrm{C}$ phosphoglyceric acid and a 2-C phosphoglycolate. This is the first reaction of photorespiration or $C_{2}$ cycle.\