Cytochalasin D, an inhibitor of actin polymerization, also inhibits AUXIN efflux

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Regeneration of the CO2 acceptor ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate. 

The cycle is completed by regeneration of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate through a series of ten enzyme-catalyzed reactions, one requiring ATP.

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Carboxylation is catalyzed by

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Reduction of 3-phosphoglycerate is catalyzed

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Regeneration is catalyzed by

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The fixation of three molecules of CO2 into one molecule of triose phosphate requires six molecules of NADPH and nine of ATP (3 CO2 : 6 NADPH : 9 ATP ≡ CO2 : 2 NADPH : 3 ATP). 

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The products of the catalytic cycle are either two molecules of 3-phosphoglycerate (carboxylase activity) or one molecule each of 3-phosphoglycerate and 2-phosphoglycolate (oxygenase activity).