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How many ATP and NADPH molecules will be required to make one molecule of glucose through the Calvin pathway? 

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a

6, 12 respectively

b

18, 18 respectively

c

12, 18 respectively

d

18, 12 respectively

answer is C.

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One turn of the calvin cycle can fix only one CO2, so to make one molecule of glucose, which is a 6 carbon compound, 6 turns of the calvin cycle are required.

For every CO2 molecule entering the Calvin cycle, 3 molecules of ATP and 2 of NADPH are required. To make one glucose molecule we need 18 ATP and 12 NADPH.

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