Question
Where does Calvin cycle take place? Describe its three phases. (Draw the cycle also)
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Where does Calvin cycle take place in chloroplasts? Describe the three phases of Calvin cycle.✓
Answer
- It occurs in the stroma of chloroplasts.
- These reactions reduce the carbon dioxide into carbohydrates, making use of the ATP and NADPH2 produced in the photochemical reactions.
- The three phases of Calvin cycle are as follows:
- Carboxylation:
- Carbon dioxide is accepted by ribulose 1, 5 bisphosphate (RuBP) to form 3-phospho glyceric acid (PGA), a 3C-compound.
- The reaction is catalysed by Ribulose 1, 5 bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (RuBisCO).
- Reduction:
- It is a series of reactions that leads to the formation of glucose.
- Two molecules of ATP and two molecules of NADPH are used, respectively for phosphorylation and reduction of one CO2 molecule.
- Regeneration of RuBP:
- For the cycle to continue, the primary acceptor of carbon dioxide, i.e., RuBP has to be regenerated.
- In this series of reaction, RuBP is regenerated; it requires one ATP for phosphorylation to form one RuBP.
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