Use Figure 8.2 and the compounds labeled A, B, C, D, and E to answer the following questions.
Figure 8.2
-If the carbon atom of each of the incoming CO2 molecules is labeled with a radioactive isotope of carbon, which organic molecules will be radioactively labeled after one cycle?

Question

Use Figure 8.2 and the compounds labeled A, B, C, D, and E to answer the following questions.
  Figure 8.2
-If the carbon atom of each of the incoming CO2 molecules is labeled with a radioactive isotope of carbon, which organic molecules will be radioactively labeled after one cycle?

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

During the Calvin cycle, CO2 is fixed into organic molecules. The carbon from CO2 becomes part of the carbohydrate molecules produced, which are represented by B, C, D, and E.