Q. Which of the following is the first compound that accepts carbon dioxide during dark phase of photosynthesis?

A) NADP
B) RuBP
C) Ferredoxin
D) Cytochrome
Explanation

Dark phase of photosynthesis or Calvin cycle takes place in stroma of chloroplast. First step of dark phase is Carboxylation. In Carboxylation, carbon dioxide is combined with RuBP to form first stable compound. $6RuBP + 6CO_{2}\overset{RuBP\ carboxylase}{\rightarrow}12\ phosphoglyceric\ acid$ $NADP^{+}$acts as hydrogen acceptor.

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