Lecture Principles of biochemistry - Chapter 15 (part 3): Carbon fixation (dark reactions)

In this part, you will know how rubisco is activated in the light and inactivated in the dark. Know how Mg 2+, pH and light are related to it activation; know how Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate acts as a substrate and an inhibitor of rubisco; understand the oxygenase/carboxylase activities of rubisco. Know what are the products of the two reactions;...