PHOTOSYNTHESIS
THE CALVIN CYCLE
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NADPH
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ATP
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RuBP
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G3P
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most common pathway combines one molecule of CO2 with a 5-carbon sugar called ribulose biphosphate (RuBP). The enzyme which catalyzes this reaction (nicknamed RuBisCo) is the most abundant enzyme on earth!
Detailed explanation-2: -Water and carbon dioxide combine to form glucose and oxygen in the process of photosynthesis.
Detailed explanation-3: -An enzyme, RuBisCO, catalyzes the fixation reaction, by combining CO2 with RuBP.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the Calvin-Benson cycle, RuBP is a product of the phosphorylation of ribulose-5-phosphate (produced by glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate) by ATP.
Detailed explanation-5: -RuBP stands for ribulose bisphosphate, it’s a 5 carbon compound involved in the Calvin cycle, which is part of the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis. Atmospheric CO2 is combined with RuBP to form a 6 carbon compound, with the help of an enzyme (biological catalyst) called RuBisCo.