PGAL

3-phosphoglyceraldehyde or PGAL is 3-carbon glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate.

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The PGA produced by this first step of the light independent reaction is converted to PGAL by using the energy in ATP and the reducing power of NADPH. This returns ADP, Pi, and NADP+ to the light reactions for their continued functioning.

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PGAL can then be converted to glucose. RUBP is regenerated for the cycle to continue.

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PGAL is generally considered the prime end-product of photosynthesis and it can be used as an immediate food nutrient, combined and rearranged to from monosaccharide sugars, such as glucose, which can be transported to other cells, or packaged for storage as insoluble polysaccharides such as starch.

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PGAL is related primarily to autotrophic nutrition.

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