Term Information

Accession
GO:0019253
Name
reductive pentose-phosphate cycle
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
C3 photosynthesis, Calvin cycle
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The fixation of carbon dioxide (CO2) as glucose in the chloroplasts of C3 plants; uses ATP and NADPH formed in the light reactions of photosynthesis; carbon dioxide reacts with ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (catalyzed by the function of ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase) to yield two molecules of 3-phosphoglycerate; these are then phosphorylated by ATP to 1,3-bisphosphateglyceraldehyde which, in turn, is then reduced by NADPH to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. The glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate is converted to fructose 5-phosphate and ribulose 5-phosphate by aldolase and other enzymes; the ribulose 5-phosphate is phosphorylated by ATP to ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate. Source: ISBN:0198547684
Comment
See also the molecular function term 'ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase activity ; GO:0016984'.
History
See term history for GO:0019253 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of reductive pentose-phosphate cycle (GO:0019253)
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reductive pentose-phosphate cycle [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  carbon fixation (GO:0015977)
reductive pentose-phosphate cycle [is_a relation] is_a  photosynthesis, dark reaction (GO:0019685)
Children of reductive pentose-phosphate cycle (GO:0019253)
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negative regulation of reductive pentose-phosphate cycle (GO:0080153) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  reductive pentose-phosphate cycle
regulation of reductive pentose-phosphate cycle (GO:0080152) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  reductive pentose-phosphate cycle
MetaCyc
CALVIN-PWY