Jones - Exam 3 - Lecture 18, ch. 15 –
Biosynthesis with verified answers
Biosynthesis - correct answer ✔✔How much of an organism's acquired energy is spent.
Advantage to this only when required.
CO2 fixation - correct answer ✔✔Primary source of earths fixed carbon
Rubisco - correct answer ✔✔All organism's that fix CO2 thru Calvin Benson cycle use this
enzyme
Ribulose bisphosphate (5C), 3-phosphoglycerate - correct answer ✔✔The Calvin cycle:
1. Carboxylation and splitting.
-Reaction catalyzed by Rubisco
-Addition of CO2 to ________________________
-split to two molecules of _______________
1-3 diphosphoglycerate, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate - correct answer ✔✔The Calvin cycle:
2. Reduction
-Phosphorylate 3-phosphoglycerate to ___________________
-Reduce that to __________________
-Similar to steps of glycolysis if run backwards
1, 5, ribulose 1-3 bisphosphate - correct answer ✔✔The Calvin cycle: