Question

Many microbes capture the energy in light and use it to synthesize ATP and reducing power (e.g., NADPH). When the ATP and reducing power are used to reduce and incorporate carbon dioxide, the process is called _________

Answer 1

Answer:

When the ATP and reducing power are used to reduce and incorporate carbon dioxide, the process is called Carbon Fixation of the Calvin-Benson cycle.

Explanation:

In the process of photosynthesis, carbon fixation and reduction of the Calvin-Benson cycle, in which carbon is fixed, reduced, and utilized, involves the formation of intermediate sugar phosphates in a cyclic sequence. One complete cycle incorporates three molecules of carbon dioxide and produces one molecule of the three-carbon compound glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (Gal3P).