Carbohydrate Biosynthesis
Carbohydrate biosynthesis
The conversion of triose phosphates from carbon fixation into sucrose, starch, and other carbohydrates.
Overview
EXPLORE BY LEVELThe Chloroplast reactions that use ATP and NADPH to incorporate carbon dioxide into carbohydrate precursors while regenerating RuBP. makes A three-carbon sugar phosphate; after three carbon-fixation turns, one G3P is the net product that can leave the Calvin cycle., a small carbon-rich molecule. Cells can combine and rearrange A three-carbon sugar phosphate; after three carbon-fixation turns, one G3P is the net product that can leave the Calvin cycle. to build sugars such as A simple sugar cells can use as a source of energy and as a starting material for other molecules. and to store carbon as starch.
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Research Claims
Carbon partitioning between starch and sucrose depends on phosphate exchange, enzyme regulation, source-sink demand, and environmental conditions.