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The '''Calvin cycle''' is a 10-step cycle involved in the sunlight-harnessing process of [[photosynthesis]]. It proceeds in a clockwise fashion, from the sunlight as it infuses the photosynthetic [[chlorophyll]] with [[photon]]s, through the addition of [[water]] and [[nitrogen]], to the release of lots of energy and [[oxygen]] into the air. The [[enzyme]] rubisco plays an important role, as does [[carbon dioxide]], which become replaced with oxygen at the end of the cycle. Plants execute the Calvin cycle daily, even on cloudy days, in order to survive.

The '''Calvin cycle''' (named after Melvin Calvin of the University of California, Berkeley) is a series of biochemical reactions involved in the sunlight-harnessing process of [[photosynthesis]]. It proceeds from the sunlight as it infuses the photosynthetic [[chlorophyll]] with [[photon]]s, through the combination of [[water]] and [[carbon dioxide]] into organic compounds which are used by the plant. The [[enzyme]] RuBisCO (Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase) plays an important role.

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