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Calvin cycle

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001011

A light-independent, biochemical reaction that uses ATP and NADPH to fix the carbon in six CO2 molecules to form one glucose molecule.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-001011
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
SynonymsCalvin-Benson cycle; carbon fixation (photosynthesis); dark reaction (photosynthesis); light-independent reactions (photosynthesis)
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoCarbon pathways; Ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase; Chloroplasts
TranslationsSpanish: ciclo de Calvin
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001011",
  "term": "Calvin cycle",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A light-independent, biochemical reaction that uses ATP and NADPH to fix the carbon in six CO2 molecules to form one glucose molecule.",
  "synonyms": [
    "Calvin-Benson cycle",
    "carbon fixation (photosynthesis)",
    "dark reaction (photosynthesis)",
    "light-independent reactions (photosynthesis)"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "carbon pathways",
    "ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase",
    "chloroplasts"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "ciclo de Calvin"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/calvin-cycle/"
}

Record 998 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.