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Question:

The first stable product of Calvin cycle is 3-phosphoglycerate, 1,3-biphosphoglycerate, Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, or Ribulose-5-phosphate?

Ribulose-5- phosphate.

1,3- biphosphoglycerate.

3- phosphoglycerate.

Glyceraldehyde-3- phosphate.

Solution:

Calvin pathway occurs in all photosynthetic plants which is CO2 fixation cycle. Carbon dioxide combines with ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate to produce a transient intermediate compound. The intermediate compound splits up immediately in the presence of water to form the two molecules of 3-phosphoglycerate or PGA. It is the first stable product of photosynthesis.