Who received the Nobel Prize for working out the early carbon pathway of photosynthesis?
A
Calvin
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B
Krebs
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C
Khorana
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D
Watson
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Solution
The correct option is B Calvin
Melvin Calvin received Nobel Prize for working out the early carbon pathway of photosynthesis. It was shown that the carbon first binds to a molecule of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP), then immediately splits, forming two molecules of phosphoglycerate (PGA).