The formation of starch in plants involves assembling many G3P molecules, with or without further rearrangements.
In the Calvin cycle
carbon dioxide
The Calvin cycle is the dark reaction in plants, that results in formation of the glucose molecule. The Calvin Cycle synthesizes G3P Basically, Photosynthesis is divided up into the Light reactions and the Calvin Cycle. The "photo" part is the light reaction part, and the "synthesis" is the Calvin Cycle. The Calvin Cycle's whole existence is to produce sugar. It does this with incorporating CO2 to eventually produce G3P, a sugar that can go on to make glucose etc... The Calvin cycle is powered by NADPH and ATP, which come from the light reactions. Of course this is a simplified version, as there are a number of intermediate molecules, but the idea is the same.For more info I would recommend reading Campbell and Reece (6th ed, 2005)
CO2, ATP, and NADH.... Sugar
The Calvin cycle is a series of reaction that regenerates its starting material after molecules enter and leave the cycle. It builds carbohydrates (specifically, the sugar glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate) from smaller molecules and consumes energy. To do this, the Calvin cycle uses ATP as an energy source and consumes NADPH as reducing power.
In the Calvin cycle
The Calvin cycle.
Calvin cycle
The Calvin cycle uses carbon from carbon dioxide (CO2) to form carbohydrates.
the Calvin cycle of the dark reaction
build organic molecules
carbon dioxide
The Calvin cycle does not require light because it uses ATP and NADPH produced from the light reactions to produce sugar. ATP and NADPH power the reaction to produce sugar from CO2
The Calvin cycle is the dark reaction in plants, that results in formation of the glucose molecule. The Calvin Cycle synthesizes G3P Basically, Photosynthesis is divided up into the Light reactions and the Calvin Cycle. The "photo" part is the light reaction part, and the "synthesis" is the Calvin Cycle. The Calvin Cycle's whole existence is to produce sugar. It does this with incorporating CO2 to eventually produce G3P, a sugar that can go on to make glucose etc... The Calvin cycle is powered by NADPH and ATP, which come from the light reactions. Of course this is a simplified version, as there are a number of intermediate molecules, but the idea is the same.For more info I would recommend reading Campbell and Reece (6th ed, 2005)
CO2, ATP, and NADH.... Sugar
carbon dioxide
CO2 assimilation and hexose sugar formation