Second stage of photosynthesis – Calvin Cycle
The carbon fixation stage (Calvin Cycle) is a series of enzyme controlled reactions which does not require light.
Carbon dioxide enters the cycle and becomes attached to RuBP (ribulose bisphophate) by the enzyme RuBisCO to produce 3-phosphoglycerate (3PG).
The 3-phosphoglycerate that is produced is To add a phosphate group to a molecule. by ATP and combined with hydrogen from NADPH to form G3P (glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate). G3P is used to either regenerate RuBP or can be used to synthesise sugars, for example glucose.
The Calvin Cycle is the temperature-dependent part of photosynthesis.
The glucose produced through photosynthesis can also passed into other biosynthetic pathways to form DNA.