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- Subject: Re: Completion time of Calvin cycle...?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.171819.1@agri.huji.ac.il>
- From: marder@agri.huji.ac.il
- Date: 17 Nov 92 17:18:19 IST
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- In article <1992Nov14.220319.12688@ncsu.edu>, happy@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Rusty Soots) writes:
- >
- > Got a question. Given a ideal photosynthetic temp. (e.g. 75F) and
- > an average plant such as an oak tree, how long would it take to
- > complete six turns of the Calvin cycle to produce one molecule of glucose?
- > Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
-
- Not really a very good question. The Calvin cycle is a complicated web of
- biochemical reactions each with its own kinetic parameters, and some under
- regulatory control.
- However, I can answer a slightly different question i.e. how long does it
- take for CO2 fixed from the atmosphere to turn up in glucose? The answer
- is a few minutes.
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