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Rubisco catalyses the fixation of carbon dioxide by combination with a molecule of ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP), a 5C compound, to yield two molecules of glycerate 3-phosphate (GP), a 3C compound

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GP is reduced to triose phosphate (TP) in a reaction involving reduced NADP and ATP

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RuBP is regenerated from TP in reactions that use ATP

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