BIOLOGY 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate, Light-Independent Reactions, Rubisco

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The calvin cycle: takes high energy compounds produced in light reactions, to produce carbohydrates (sugar). The calvin cycle consists of 15 chemical reactions that synthesize carbohydrates from co2. These reactions are grouped into three main steps: carboxylation: co2 absorbed from the air is added to a 5-carbon molecule, ribulose-1,5- bisphosphate. This reaction is catalyzed by the enzyme rubisco. Rubisco is a very slow enzyme and must be produced in very large amounts in a cell. The 6-carbon molecule formed is broken down into two 3-carbon molecules of 3-phosphoglycerate: reduction: for their energy to increase, the carbon compounds formed by rubisco must be reduced. Nadph (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) is the reducing agent used in the calvin cycle. Nadph transfers the energy and electrons that allow carbohydrates to be synthesized from co2. First, atp is used to phosphorylate 3-pga, and then nadph transfers two high-energy electrons to the phosphorylated compound.

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