Both carbon dioxide and _____________ compete for the active site of rubisco.

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Both carbon dioxide and _____________ compete for the active site of rubisco.

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Step 1

The Calvin cycle is light-dependent on the metabolic reaction which takes place in the Chloroplast of the plants.

They are 3 major steps in Calvin cycles and they are

  1. Carbon Fixation
  2. Reduction
  3. Regeneration
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Carbon fixation was the first step of the Calvin cycle where the carbon dioxide binds with ribulose - 1,5-biphosphate to form 6 molecules of glyceraldehyde -3-phosphate.

This reaction was catalyzed by the enzyme RuBP carboxylase or rubisco.

The carbon dioxide competes with lysine amino acids for the active site of the enzyme which leads to the formation of carbamate.

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