Which metabolic consequence limits carbon fixation efficiency when internal leaf temperature elevates?

💡 Explanation

When leaf temperature increases, Rubisco oxygenase activity increases because elevated temperatures reduce CO2 solubility and accelerate Rubisco’s affinity for O2. Therefore rubisco binding shift to oxygen happens rather than faster respiration, closure of stomata, or degradation of chlorophyll, which are separate responses to heat stress.

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