Question

When a suspension of algae is incubated in a flask in the presence of light and CO2 and then transferred to the dark, the reduction of 3-phosphoglycerate to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate is blocked. This reaction stops when the algae are placed in the dark because?

Answer 1

The photosynthesis process is interrupted.

Step-by-step explanation:

Algae produce energy using the photosynthesis process. The reduction of 3-phosphoglycerate to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate is part of this process. Despite this reduction reaction being light-independent (Calvin Cycle), the precursors of this reaction are synthesized in light-dependent steps.

This is the reason why the reduction is blocked when the algae is placed in the dark.