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Q. The carbon dioxide acceptor in the Calvin cycle is

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In the Calvin cycle, initial CO2 is accepted by Ribulose 1,5 diphosphate (RuBP) already present in the cells and a 6 carbon addition compound is formed which is unstable. It soon gets converted into 2 molecules of 3 phosphoglyceric acid due to hydrolysis.