4.2.Dark Reaction(Photosynthesis)

DARK REACTIONS

USMAN SUMO FRIEND TAMBUNAN

ARLI ADITYA PARIKESIT

MELINA PISESA

Bioinformatics Group

Department of Chemistry

DARK REACTIONS

The Light-Independent

Reaction

grana disks

(thylakoids)

stroma

compartment

2 outer

membranes

ATP

ADP

18 molecules of ATP

12 molecules of NADPH

One molecule of NADPH ~ 3

molecules of ATP

OVERALL REACTION

6 CO

₂

+ 12 NADPH + 12 H

₂

O + 18 ATP

C

₆

H

₁₂

C

₆

+ 12 NADP

+

_{+ 18 ADP + 18 P}

i

+

C

₃

Carbon Fixation

(C

₃

Plants)

REFFERENCES

http://www.iscid.org/encyclopedia/Rubisco

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C3_carbon_fixation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_cycle