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Title: In the Calvin cycle, What is needed for the production of 1 glucose molecule?
Post by: jules_1978 on Sep 7, 2012
What is needed for the production of 1 glucose molecule?


Title: In the Calvin cycle, What is needed for the production of 1 glucose molecule?
Post by: davashkai on Sep 7, 2012
Calvin cycle: CO2 and energy from ATP are used to form sugar. Just remember that the first product of photosynthesis is a three-carbon compound called glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. Almost immediately, two of these (glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate) join to form a glucose molecule.


Title: In the Calvin cycle, What is needed for the production of 1 glucose molecule?
Post by: miew87 on Sep 7, 2012
I don't know what any of this means, but maybe this page will help (according to the note on the bottom of the page, something there tells you what is needed to produce 1 glucose molecule!).


Title: In the Calvin cycle, What is needed for the production of 1 glucose molecule?
Post by: DAV620 on Sep 7, 2012
There's a step-by-step explanation of the cycle here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_cycle