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carbon fixation

conversion of carbon from CO2 to organic compounds
Class type of: organic substance metabolic process, assimilation, autotrophy Q901921

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
biological process
Subclass of
organic substance metabolic process, assimilation, autotrophy
Part of
carbon cycle[5]
Has part(s)
C3 carbon fixation, C4 carbon fixation, CAM photosynthesis[6][7][8]
🏷️ Also known as
en GO:0015977 en autotrophy en autotrophic CO2 fixation en autotrophic CO2 fixation pathway en carbon fixation ar تثبيت الكربون de Kohlenstoffdioxid-Assimilation de Kohlenstoffbindung de Kohlendioxid-Assimilation de Kohlendioxid-Fixierung de Kohlenstoff-Fixierung de CO2-Fixierung de Kohlendioxidfixierung de Kohlenstofffixierung de Kohlenstoffdioxid-Fixierung es Fijación de carbono es Fijacion de carbono fa تثبیت کربن fr fixation du carbone fr fixation de carbone
🔖 Identifiers · 12
GND ID
4210099-9
OpenAlex ID
C199873434, C2992000610
BabelNet ID
03585568n
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
3KS8XW
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
539822
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/carbon-fixation
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
photosynthese-et-fixation-du-co2-reperes-chronologiques
Exact match
purl.obolibrary.org
Freebase ID
/m/035k_c
Gene Ontology ID
GO:0015977
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
199873434, 2909147224
Quora topic ID
Carbon-Fixation

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 6
CAM photosynthesis, C4 carbon fixation, C3 carbon fixation, reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle, electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, carbon fixation by 3-hydroxypropionate cycle
Has part(s) 3
CAM photosynthesis, C4 carbon fixation, C3 carbon fixation
Belongs to 1
carbon cycle
Instance of 1
biological process
Part of 1
carbon cycle
Subclass of 1
assimilation
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Summary

carbon fixation is a biological process[1]. It is a type of organic substance metabolic process[2], assimilation[3], and autotrophy[4].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Artoria2e5 · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → organic substance metabolic process, assimilation, autotrophy
    Has part(s) → C3 carbon fixation, C4 carbon fixation, CAM photosynthesis
    Instance of → biological process
    GND ID → 4210099-9
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Subclass of: autotrophy"
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