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carbon fixation

biochemistry

Also known as: carbon assimilation, carbon dioxide fixation

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In photosynthesis: The process of photosynthesis: carbon fixation and reduction
The assimilation of carbon into organic compounds is the result of a complex series of enzymatically regulated chemical reactions—the dark reactions. This term is something of a misnomer, for these reactions can take place in either light or darkness. Furthermore, some…
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evolution of plants

In plant: Specific variations in photosynthesis
…mainly tropical climates evolved a CO₂-fixation system that acted ahead of the Calvin-Benson cycle. The first fixation is into the three-carbon acid phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) by PEP carboxylase (an enzyme that has no oxygenase function) in the outer mesophyll cells of the leaf. The first stable fixation product is the four-carbon…
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