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The stroma is like the ___ of the ____

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  • Matrix, Mitochondria
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Where does photosynthesis occur in bacteria?

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  • Do not have chloroplasts

- Have photosynthetic internal membranes

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What are the light dependant reactions?

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  • Chloroplast needs to make lots of energy (ATP) and high energy intermediates (NADPH)
  • Water is oxidized to produce O2 (donates electrons to an ETC)
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How do light dependant reactions occur?

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  • Via an ETC called photophosphorylation
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Why do light dependant reactions occur?

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  • For the next set of reactions in the Calvin cycle
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Where do light dependant reactions occur?

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  • in the thylakoid membranes
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What is going on with NADPH?

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  • Similar to NADH but with an extra phosphate group
  • NADH = catabolic reactions, NADPH = anabolic reactions
  • Another high energy intermediate that is synthesized in photophos and then used in anabolic reactions
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The Calvin Cycle is an __ __

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  • Anabolic reaction
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Photophos in a nutshell

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  • cell uses the chloroplast to convert light energy into high energy intermediates such as ATP and NADPH
  • this is accomplished by photophos - an ETC
  • there are 2 photosystems and are often referred to as the Z-scheme
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Why is it called a z-scheme?

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  • photosystems II and I work together in the thylakoid membrane
  • hits of light provide energy
  • energy is used to pump protons across the membrane
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What are the inputs and outputs of photophos?

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  • Inputs: Photons, water, NADP+, ADP

- Outputs: ATP, NADH, O2

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Where is ATP synthesized?

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  • Stroma
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Where is the ETC?

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  • Thylakoid membranes
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Is NADPH a TEA?

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  • NO! NADP+ is an internal molecule and not from the environment.
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What is step 1 of photophos?

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Electrons are supplied by H2O

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What is step 2 of photophos?

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Light energy is required for PS2 to “strip” the electrons from the water

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What is step 3 of photophos?

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Electrons move along the ETC to provide energy to pump protons (H+) into the lumen

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What is step 4 of photophos?

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an electrochemical gradient is created in the thylakoid lumen

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What is step 5 of photophos?

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more light energy input at PSI. this energizes the electrons to drive the reduction of NADP+

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What is step 6 of photophos?

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NADPH is synthesized in the stroma and will be used in the Calvin cycle

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What is step 7 of photophos?

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ATP is synthesized in the stroma via chemiosmosis. H+ moves through the ATP synthase

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In the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis, light energy is used to oxidize __ to ___

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The electrons derived from H2O are used to reduce __ to ___ in the dependent reactions

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NADP+ to NADPH

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Photophos summary

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  • called the Z scheme
  • 2 photosystems work together to synthesize ATP and NADPH
  • light energy captured in the photosystems excites electrons to drive them through an ETC
  • the ETC creates a proton (H+) gradient for the synthesis of ATP
  • a second photosystem and ETC drives electrons to end up on high energy intermediate NADPH
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What is oxygenic photophos?
- electrons from water reduce the PSII photosystem and release O2 - oxygen is a product of the reaction and released
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Does photophos have a TEA?
- NO!!! - NADP+, the electron acceptor, is a molecule found inside the cell, and is thus not by definition the TEA! - it's just an electron acceptor
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Photosynthesis overview
LIGHT DEPENDENT REACTIONS: - water is oxidized to O2 - NADP is reduced to form NADPH - ATP is synthesized via proton gradient driven by chemiosmosis LIGHT INDEPENDENT REACTIONS: - ATP and NADP are used - CO2 is reduced to form carbohydrates
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Where is the H+ gradient created?
Thylakoid lumen
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Chloroplast and mitochondria equivalents.
- thylakoid lumen = intermembrane space | - stroma = matrix
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What is the evidence that mitochondria and chloroplasts evolved from ancient prokaryotes?
- both have double membranes - both have their own circular DNA (genomes) - both grow and multiply by binary fission - independently of the eukaryotic cell! - both have their own ribosomes, synthesizes proteins, etc
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Where does the Calvin Cycle Occur?
Stroma
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Photolithoautotrophs use __ as a carbon source and fix them into ___ ___
CO2, Organic molecules
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When something is fixed, it means that...
- it is being converted from a gaseous state to a solid or liquid state - oxidized form → more reduced form
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Oxidized carbon vs reduced carbon
OXIDIZED: CO2 - only C-O bonds - More strongly bonded REDUCED: Cellular biomolecules - i.e. glucose, proteins, etc. - C-H bonds - less strongly bonded
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What are the 3 steps of the Calvin Cycle?
- Carbon Fixation - Reduction - Regeneration
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What is the first step of the Calvin Cycle?
CARBON FIXATION: - each CO2 reacts with RuBP, producing two G3P molecules - the enzyme that catalyzes this reaction is called rubisco - the attachment of CO2 to an organic compound is called carbon fixation
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What is the second step of the Calvin Cycle?
REDUCTION: the two 3-phosphoglycerate molecules are phosphorylated by ATP and reduced by NADPH to produce glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (G3P or called GAP)
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What is the third step of the Calvin Cycle?
REGENERATION: | - the remaining G3P/GAP is used in ATP dependent reactions that regenerate RuBP
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How is the GAP/G3P (reduced carbon) related to CR?
- notice that after the "glucose splitting" (step 5 of glycolysis) the substrate produced is G3P - the G3P from the Calvin cycle can enter glycolysis here
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What is the fate of GAP/G3P?
leaves the chloroplast and can be used in CR or used to build other macromolecules
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what are the inputs and outputs of the Calvin cycle?
- Inputs: RuBP, CO2, NADPH, ATP | - Outputs: GAP, ADP, Pi, NADP+
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Calvin Cylce Summary
- CO2 is oxidized - NADPH donates electrons for reducing C - GAP/G3P is reduced carbon - Used to build all other C-containing organic cellular molecules

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