Jerell Alexander

Name:___________________________________________________ 25/09/2020
Date:______

Calvin Cycle Nature’s Smallest Factory ​(TED-ED) https://youtu.be/0UzMaoaXKaM

sugars
1. Energy exists in the form of ____________________ made by the plant.
atmosphere
2. Plants get their carbon from the __________________.
calvin cycle
3. Photosynthesis occurs in two steps, the second is the _____________________.
5
4. RuBP contains __________ carbons.
rubisco
5. The enzyme, _________________________ builds an initial 6 carbon sequence.
PGA's
6. This sequence split into two short chains called _________.
hydrogen
7. NADPH transfers a __________________ to those molecules, they become G3P.

Glucose needs 6 carbons to form, made from two molecules G3P. Sugar has been manufactured, but not quite…..

recreated
8. The original RuBP must be _________________________.
6
9. How many production lines are going on at the same time? _____
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10. How many carbons exist from all of these production lines? ______
2
11. How many of these are used to make glucose? _____ 2
To make RuBP? ______
6
12. The molecular mix and match ensures that _______ RuBP are regenerated.

Summarize the Stage

Stage Description Molecules involved

carbon fixation co2 molecule from the

atmosphere combines a five- carbon acceptor
molecule called ribulose 1-5 biphosphate(RuBP
The resulting six-carbon compound is the split
into two molecules of the three -carbon compound
3-phosphoglyceric acid (3-PGA)

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reduction The 3PGA molecules created through carbon

fixation are converted inti molecules of simple
sugar glyceraldehyde-3phosphate(G3P)
This stage uses energy from ATP and NADPH
created in light dependent reactions of
photosynthesis. The energy from ATP and
NADPH is transferred to the sugars. This step
is called reduction because NADPH donates
electrons to the 3PGAs molecules to create
G3P.
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Glucose

regeneration Some G3P molecules go to make glucose while

others must be recycled to regenerate the five -
carbon RuBP compound that is used to accept
new carbon molecules. The regeneration process
requires ATP it is a complex involving many steps
because it takes 6 carbon molecules to make
glucose this cycle must be repeated 6 times to
make a single molecule of glucose. To
accomplish this equation , 5 out of 6 G3P
molecules that are created through the calvin
cycle are regenerated to form RuBP molecules.
The sixth exits the cycle to become one half of
a glucose molecule.

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Label the Calvin Cycle ​ (It takes 6 turns to fix 6 carbon atoms from CO​2​)

3 carbon dioxide molecules

Rubisco

carbon fixation

3ADP 6 ATP

3 ATP

6 ADP

regeneration of RuBP

reduction

Glucose

reduction 6 ATP → 6 ADP

glucose 3 ATP → 3 ADP
regeneration of RUBP 3 molecules of CO​2
carbon fixation RuBisCO

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