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- A. Chloroplast stroma
- B. 6 CO2 + 12 NADPH +18 ATP -> 1 C6H2O6 + 12 NADP + 18 ADP + 18 Pi + 6 H2O
- C. One complete cycle fixes one molecule of CO2
- 1. Six complete cycles fixes enough CO2 to make one molecule of glucose
- 2. RuBP = Ribulose Bisphosphate
- 3. PGA = Phosphoglycerate
- 3. PGAL = Glyceraldehyde phosphate
- 4. RuMP = Ribulose Monophosphate
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- 5. PGAL can be converted
into
- a. Hexose
sugars (Sucrose, Starch, Cellulose)
b. Amino Acids
c. Fatty Acids
d. Nitrogenous Bases
via various metabolic pathways