: the cycle of enzyme-catalyzed dark reactions of photosynthesis that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and in many bacteria and that involves the fixation of carbon dioxide and the formation of a 6-carbon sugar
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Crucially, the McG cycle links with the Calvin cycle, allowing the two systems to balance out excess molecules.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
So, the team was interested in establishing something similar to the Calvin cycle, but capable of outputting a two-carbon molecule without re-emitting the carbon dioxide molecule that had just been captured.
—ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
So, the team was interested in establishing something similar to the Calvin cycle, but capable of outputting a two-carbon molecule without re-emitting the carbon dioxide molecule that had just been captured.
—ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Calvin cycle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Calvin%20cycle. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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