BIO203H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Melvin Calvin, Light-Independent Reactions, Carbon Fixation

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How is carbon dioxide reduced to produce (glucose/sucrose)triose-p? light-dependent reactions & co2 reduction of the calvin cycle two separate but linked processes in photosynthesis. Atp and nadph are produced by photosystems i and ii in presence of light. The reactions producing sugar from co2 in the calvin cycle are light-independent. The calvin cycle reactions can occur in the dark, but require atp and nadph produced by light dependent reactions. Carbon dioxide is reduced in 3 phases in the calvin cycle in the stroma of the chloroplast (1) fixation: 1 co2 + ribulose bisphosphate (rubp) -> 2 3-phosphoglycerate. Attachment of co2 to an organic compound is called carbon fixation (2) reduction: 2 3-phosphoglycerate are phosphorylated by atp and reduced by nadph -> 2 glyceraldehyde. Remaining g3p is used in reactions that regenerate rubp. G3p is the product of the calvin cycle. Where do mono- and disacharides come from? (sucrose, glucose) Endproduct synthesis: sucrose and starch are the main products of photosynthesis.

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