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Photosynthesis: The Calvin Cycle Life from Air

Photosynthesis: The Calvin Cycle Life from Air. The Calvin Cycle. Whoops! Wrong Calvin…. Remember what it means to be a plant…. Need to produce all organic molecules necessary for growth carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids

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Photosynthesis: The Calvin Cycle Life from Air

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  1. Photosynthesis: The Calvin Cycle LifefromAir

  2. The Calvin Cycle Whoops! Wrong Calvin…

  3. Remember what it means to be a plant… • Need to produce all organic molecules necessary for growth • carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids • Need to store chemical energy (ATP) produced from light reactions • in stable form • can be moved around plant • saved for a rainy day

  4. + water + energy  glucose + oxygen carbon dioxide light energy  6CO2 + 6H2O + + 6O2 C6H12O6 Autotrophs • Making energy & organic molecules from light energy • photosynthesis

  5. Light reactions • Convert solar energy to chemical energy • ATP • NADPH • What can we do now?  energy  reducing power   build stuff !!

  6. NADP How is that helpful? • Want to make C6H12O6 • synthesis • How? From what? What raw materials are available? CO2 NADPH reduce CO2 carbon fixation NADP C6H12O6

  7. From CO2 C6H12O6 • CO2 has very little chemical energy • fully oxidized • C6H12O6contains a lot of chemical energy • reduced • endergonic • Reduction of CO2C6H12O6proceeds in many small uphill steps • each catalyzed byspecific enzyme • using energy stored in ATP & NADPH

  8. From Light reactions to Calvin cycle • Calvin cycle • chloroplast stroma • Need products of light reactions to drive synthesis reactions • ATP • NADPH

  9. 1C 3C 3C CO2 C 5C C 3 ATP C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C 3 ADP 3C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C 6C = = C C C 6 ATP 6 NADPH H H H H H H | | | | | | – – C C C 6 NADP 6 ADP C C Calvin cycle C 1. Carbon fixation 3. Regenerationof RuBP RuBP Rubisco ribulose bisphosphate starch,sucrose,cellulose& more ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase used to makeglucose glyceraldehyde-3-P PGA G3P phosphoglycerate 2. Reduction

  10. 2 NAD+ 2 NADH 4 ADP 4 ATP glucose C-C-C-C-C-C Remember G3P? 2 ATP glycolysis 2 ADP fructose-6P P-C-C-C-C-C-C-P DHAP P-C-C-C G3P C-C-C-P pyruvate C-C-C

  11. Calvin Cycle Stroma of chloroplast Carbon dioxide (CO2) Rubisco Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) (5C) 3-phosphoglycerate (3C) (PGA) 6 ATP Carbon fixation 3 ADP 6 ADP Reforming RuBP 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate (3C) 3 ATP 6 NADPH 2Pi Reverse of glycolysis 6 NADP+ 6Pi Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (3C) Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (3C) (G3P) Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (3C) (G3P) Glucose and other sugars

  12. To G-3-P and Beyond! • Glyceraldehyde-3-P • end product of Calvin cycle • energy rich 3 carbon sugar • “C3 photosynthesis” • G-3-P= important intermediate • G-3-P  glucose   carbohydrates   lipids   amino acids   nucleic acids

  13. Rubisco • Enzyme which fixes carbon from air • ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase • the most important enzyme in the world! • it makes life out of air! • definitely the most abundant enzyme

  14. Accounting • The accounting is complicated • 3 turns of Calvin cycle = 1 G3P • 3 CO21 G3P (3C) • 6 turnsof Calvin cycle = 1 C6H12O6(6C) • 6 CO21 C6H12O6(6C) • 18 ATP + 12 NADPH  1C6H12O6 • any ATP left over from light reactions will be used elsewhere by the cell

  15. NADP ADP Photosynthesis summary • Light reactions • produced ATP • produced NADPH • consumed H2O • produced O2as byproduct • Calvin cycle • consumed CO2 • produced G3P (sugar) • regenerated ADP • regenerated NADP

  16. light energy  6CO2 + 6H2O + + 6O2 C6H12O6 Summary of photosynthesis • Where did the CO2 come from? • Where did the CO2 go? • Where did the H2O come from? • Where did the H2O go? • Where did the energy come from? • What’s the energy used for? • What will the C6H12O6be used for? • Where did the O2 come from? • Where will the O2 go? • What else is involved…not listed in this equation?

  17. Supporting a biosphere • On global scale, photosynthesis is the most important process for the continuation of life on Earth • each year photosynthesis synthesizes 160 billion tons of carbohydrate • heterotrophs are dependent on plants as food source for fuel & raw materials

  18. air The poetic perspective… • All the solid material of every plantwas built by sunlight out of thin air • All the solid material of every animal was built from plant material sun Then all the cats, dogs, rats, people & elephants…are really strands of air woven together by sunlight!

  19. Any Questions??

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