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Metabolism > Carbohydrate Metabolism > Photosynthesis
Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Carbohydrate Metabolism > Photosynthesis
Metabolism > Metabolic Networks and Pathways > Photosynthesis
Metabolism > Phototrophic Processes > Photosynthesis
Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Phototrophic Processes > Photosynthesis
Plant Physiological Phenomena > Photosynthesis
Chemical Phenomena > Photochemical Processes > Photosynthesis

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Photosynthesis  

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  • Carbon Fixation, Photosynthetic
  • Dark Reactions of Photosynthesis
  • Photosynthesis Dark Reaction
  • Photosynthesis Dark Reactions
  • Photosynthetic Carbon Fixation
  • Reductive Pentose Phosphate Cycle

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  • do not confuse REDUCTIVE PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE with PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY

Scope note

  • The synthesis by organisms of organic chemical compounds, especially carbohydrates, from carbon dioxide using energy obtained from light rather than from the oxidation of chemical compounds. Photosynthesis comprises two separate processes: the light reactions and the dark reactions. In higher plants; GREEN ALGAE; and CYANOBACTERIA; NADPH and ATP formed by the light reactions drive the dark reactions which result in the fixation of carbon dioxide. (from Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2001)

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