light independent stage (calvin cycle)

• what is another name for the light independent reaction


  the Calvin cycle
• Does the Calvin Cycle require light?


  No, it is the light independent reaction
• what are the two products of the light dependent stage of photosynthesis


  ATP and reduced NADP
• Where does the Calvin cycle take place?


  in the stroma of the chloroplast
• what are the products from the light dependant stage of photosynthesis used for


  the fixation of carbon dioxide
• what is ATP used for in the Calvin cycle


  energy source
• what is the starting molecule for the Calvin cycle


  ribulose bisphosphate(RUBP)(5C)
• how many carbon molecules are found in ribulose bisphosphate


  5
• what is the first stage of the Calvin cycle


  carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fixed with ribulose bisphosphate
• what enzyme is used in the carbon fixation of ribulose bisphosphate


  Rubisco
• what is formed from the fixation of carbon dioxide with ribulose bisphosphate


  a unstable 6C carbon compound
• in the Calvin cycle what happens to the 6C compound


  it splits almost immediately into 2 molecules of glycerate-3-phosphate(3C)(GP)
• what stage may not be shown as it happens to fast to be recognised

  the formation and splitting of the unstable 6C compound
• what happens to glycerate-3-phosphate to become triose phosphate


  it will be reduced and phosphorylated
• what is formed from glycerate-3-phosphate after it is phosphorylated and reduced


  2 triose phosphates
• what is used to phosphorylate and reduce glycerate-3-phosphate


  reduced NADP and ATP
• where does glycerate-3- phosphate obtain the inorganic phosphate to be phosphorylated


  the hydrolysis of ATP
• where does glycerate-3-phosphate obtain the hydrogen to be reduced


  reduced NADP
• what is removed from the two triose phosphates and for what reason


  1 carbon atom from the 6 available is removed from the Calvin cycle to be used to produced organic molecules such as glucose
• what happens to the remaining 5 available carbon atoms in the carbon cycle after 1 carbon atom is removed from the the triose phosphates


  they are used to regenerate RUBP (ribulose bisphosphate) so the Calvin cycle can start again
• what is an abbreviation used for ribulose bisphosphate


  RUBP
• what is used to regenerate ribulose bisphosphate to resart the calvin cycle


  atp
• What can triose phosphate be broken downt into


  carbohydrates , lipids and amino acids