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Q. Which among the following is the most crucial step of the Calvin cycle?

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

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Calvin cycle occurs in stroma of chloroplast in which fixation of $C O_{2}$ to form glucose occurs. In this the most crucial step is carboxylation in which gaseous $C O_{2}$ is trapped by plants mediated by enzyme RuBisCO and initial $C O_{2}$ acceptor is $5C \, RuBP$ .