Ch 8 Flashcards
(32 cards)
Energy for nearly all life comes from
Photosynthesis
Formula for photosynthesis
6CO2 + 12H2O –> C6 H12 O6 + 6H2O + 6O2
Where are chloroplasts located?
Specialized leaf tissues called parenchyma or mesophyll
Light-dependent reactions
Capture light energy to make ATP and NADPH
Light-independent reactions
Use energy from ATP and NADPH to synthesize glucose from CO2
Where do light-depending reactions take place?
Thylakoid membrane
Thylakoids contain…
Choropyll A and accessory pigments
Grana
Stacks of thylakoids
Stroma
Semiliquid substance surrounding thylakoids, site of light-independent reactions
Photon
Discrete packet of light energy
Shorter wavelengths = higher energy
Photoelectric effect
Removal of an electron from a molecule by light energy
Pigments
Molecules that absorb light
Chlorophyll A
Primary photosynthetic pigment in plants and Cyanobacteria
Chlorophyll B
Secondary or accessory pigment
Porphyrin ring
Ring with alternating double and single bonds, with Mg at the center
Two components of a photosystem
An antenna complex of 100s of accessory pigment molecules
A reaction center of one or more chlorophyll A molecules
Primary photoevent
Absorption of a photon by a pigment molecule
Change separation
Transfer of energy to the reaction center, followed by the transfer of an excited electron to an acceptor molecule
Electron transport
Transfer of electrons through carriers that pump H+ to the inside of the thylakoid and reduce NADP+ to NADPH
What is the b6-f complex made up of?
Electron carriers in the thylakoid membrane
Four steps of light dependent reaction
Receives light energy from its antenna complex and shuttles it to P700
Electrons from P700 are excited and transferred to an electron carrier
Electrons are passed along transport chain and ultimately reduce NADP+ to NADPH
electrons lost from P700 are replaced by those in the b6-f complex
Electrons are returned to {blank} through an electron transport chain
Bacteriochlorophyll
Driving the chemiosmotic synthesis of ATP
Three things cells need to build carbs
Energy
Redox potential
Source of carbon
Three phases of the Calvin cycle
Carbon fixation using RUBPCO
Reduction
Regeneration of RuBP