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Atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements at Mauna Loa, Hawaii. These measurements show annual cycles resulting from seasonal variation in carbon dioxide fixation by the Calvin cycle in terrestrial plants. Much of this fixation takes place in rain forests, which account for approximately 50% of terrestrial fixation. [Dennis Potokar/Photo Researchers.]

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hotosynthesis proceeds in two parts: the light reactions and the dark reactions. The light reactions, discussed in Chapter 19, transform light energy into ATP and biosynthetic reducing power, NADPH. The dark reactions use the ATP and NADPH produced by the light reactions to reduce carbon atoms from their fully oxidized state as carbon dioxide to a more reduced state as a hexose. Carbon dioxide is thereby trapped in a form that is useful for many processes but most especially as a fuel. Together, the light reactions and dark reactions of photosynthesis cooperate to transform light energy into carbon fuel. The dark reactions are also called the Calvin cycle, after Melvin Calvin, the biochemist who elucidated the pathway. The components of the Calvin cycle are called the dark reactions because, in contrast with the light reactions, these reactions do not directly depend on the presence of light. The second half of this chapter examines a pathway common to all organisms, known variously as the pentose phosphate pathway, the hexose monophosphate pathway, the phosphogluconate pathway, or the pentose shunt. The pathway provides a means by which glucose can be oxidized to generate NADPH, the currency of readily available reducing power in cells. The phosphoryl group on the 2!-hydroxyl group of one of the ribose units of NADPH distinguishes NADPH from NADH. There is a fundamental distinction between NADPH and NADH in biochemistry: NADH is oxidized by the respiratory chain to generate ATP, whereas NADPH serves as a reductant in biosynthetic processes. The pentose phosphate pathway can also be used for the catabolism of pentose sugars from the diet, the synthesis of pentose sugars for

Outline 20.1 The Calvin Cycle Synthesizes Hexoses from Carbon Dioxide and Water 20.2 The Activity of the Calvin Cycle Depends on Environmental Conditions 20.3 The Pentose Phosphate Pathway Generates NADPH and Synthesizes Five-Carbon Sugars 20.4 The Metabolism of Glucose 6phosphate by the Pentose Phosphate Pathway Is Coordinated with Glycolysis 20.5 Glucose 6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Plays a Key Role in Protection Against Reactive Oxygen Species

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