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What is first stable product in Calvin cycle?

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a

3C acid

b

2C acid

c

5C acid            

d

3C sugar

answer is B.

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The first stable product in the Calvin cycle is a 3-carbon compound called 3-phosphoglycerate (3-PGA). During the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis, carbon dioxide (CO2) is initially fixed into a 5-carbon compound called ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) with the help of the enzyme RuBisCO (Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase).

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