Where Does Carbon Fixation Take Place

Where Does Carbon Fixation Take Place?

The carbon-fixation pathway begins in the mesophyll cells, where carbon dioxide is converted into bicarbonate, which is then added to the three-carbon acid phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) by an enzyme called phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase.

Where does carbon fixation occurs in chloroplast?

chloroplast stroma

The carbon-fixation reactions, which begin in the chloroplast stroma and continue in the cytosol, produce sucrose and many other organic molecules in the leaves of the plant.
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