Calvin cycle

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Cards (7)

  • RuBP
    5 carbon compound
    1. RuBP is combined with CO2 (carbon fixation)
  • carbon fixation is catalysed by RUBISCO
  • 2. Unstable 6 carbon breaks down into 2 molecules of glycerate 3-phosphate (GP)
  • 3. reduced NAPD and ATP reduce GP into GALP
  • 4. 1 in 6 GALP are converted into glucose to be used to make lipids etc
  • 5. the other 5 GALP are reduced into RuBP using ATP