carbon fixation

id: GO:0015977
name: carbon fixation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A metabolic process in which carbon (usually derived from carbon dioxide) is incorporated into organic compounds (usually carbohydrates).

Child Functions

idname
GO:0009760C4 photosynthesis
GO:0009761CAM photosynthesis
GO:0019643reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle
GO:0030634carbon fixation by acetyl-CoA pathway
GO:0043427carbon fixation by 3-hydroxypropionate cycle

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0071704organic substance metabolic process