Calvin cycle

Noun

Meaning

Calvin cycle (plural Calvin cycles)

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(biochemistry) A series of biochemical reactions that take place in the stroma of chloroplasts in photosynthetic organisms.

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Synonyms

photochemical reaction light reaction calvin-benson-bassham cycle calvin-benson cycle

Examples

Because the job of bundle sheath chloroplasts is to carry out the Calvin cycle and make sugar, they often contain large starch grains. Source: Internet

Carbon fixation and G3P synthesis The Calvin cycle starts by using the enzyme Rubisco to fix CO 2 into five-carbon Ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP) molecules. Source: Internet

In contrast to C 4 metabolism, which physically separates the CO 2 fixation to PEP from the Calvin cycle, CAM temporally separates these two processes. Source: Internet

Their energy is used in the light-independent reactions of the Calvin cycle by the enzyme rubisco to produce molecules of the 3-carbon sugar glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (G3P). Source: Internet

Dark reactions The Calvin cycle (Interactive diagram) The Calvin cycle incorporates carbon dioxide into sugar molecules. Source: Internet

It can waste up to half the carbon fixed by the Calvin cycle. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Calvillo Calvin Calvin Coolidge Calvin Klein Calvin Richard Klein calvin-benson cycle