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Lecture 18. Photosynthesis Flashcards

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1
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Where does carbon fixation occur ?

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Stroma or chloroplast matrix

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What does the fixation of C02 require ?

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2 NADPH and three ATP molecules

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What is plastocyanin ?

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A mobile carrier that can bind to the surface of the photosystem 1 and reduce P700 +

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What is the acceptor of electrons in cyanobacteria and plants ?

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The blue copper containing protein called plastocyanin

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What can the transfer of electrons from PQH2 to plastocyanin also generate ?

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The transfer is coupled to the movement of H+ across the membrane from the stromal side into the lumen via a photosynthetic Q cycle. Generating a proton electrochemical gradient across the membrane which can be used to drive a chloroplast F1F0-ATPase and phosphorylate ADP to generate ATP

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How are electrons transferred from PQH2 to plastocyanin ?

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Through an electron transport chain consisting of iron sulphur centers and cytochrome f and cytochrome b6

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Where are electrons from the reduced plastoquinone (PQH2) transferred to ?

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The cytochrome bf complex, which is analogous to the chytochrome bc complex III of mitochondria

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What can Qb reduce ?

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PQ picking up a protein from the stroma side

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9
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Where is the redox-active tyrosine YZ found?

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On the D1 protein and the associated OEC is located on the lumen side

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What are plastoquinones structurally similar to ?

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Ubiquinone or coenzyme Q10

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11
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Where do inhibitors of PS2 generally bind ?

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At the Qb site

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12
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Is Qa plastoquinone or Qb plastoquinone free to move in and out of the D1 protein at the Qb site ?

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Qb plastoquinone, Qa remains relatively fixed

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13
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Where is the special pair found ?

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Between D1 and D2 proteins

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14
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What are the most important subunits of PS2 ?

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A pseudo-symmetric heterodimer of two homologous proteins D1 and D2

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What are the electron transfer events restricted to ?

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The major proteins of the central core

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16
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What is photosystem II composed of

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More than 25 polypeptides and is surrounded by a variety of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b binding proteins

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17
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In PS2, what happens after the first of the light quanta is absorbed ?

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An electron is translocated from the special pair (P680*) through an accessory chlorophyll and a pheophytin molecule to the tightly bound quinone QA. The mobile quinone QB is reduced to QB ^- in the thylakoid membrane

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18
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What does OEC stand for ?

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Oxygen evolving complex

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19
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What is phenophytin ?

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The primary acceptor in a chlorophyll molecule lacking a central Mg+2 ion

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What led to the emergence of green plants ?

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Acquisition of cyanobacteria by an early eukaryote

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21
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What does PS2 contain

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A type 2 reaction center

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22
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What does PS1 contain

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A type 1 reaction centre

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23
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How much does PS2 absorb

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Max 680nm

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24
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How much does PS1 absorb ?

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max 700nm

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25
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What evidence is their for two photosystems ?

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  1. Emerson enhancement effect demonstrates a mixture of light is more effective than either alone
  2. Robin Hill used artificial acceptors and donors to establish the presence of two photosystems
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What is the result of second boost of electrons by photons ?

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Generate NADPH

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27
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What is the result of first boost of electrons by photons ?

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To make ATP via electron transport

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28
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Why does it take 8 photons to produce 1 O2 ?

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Each of the 4 electrons must be boosted uphill twice by light during photosynthesis by green plants

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29
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How many photons are required to produce one 02 molecules ?

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8

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30
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What are the three states that chlorophyll molecules can exist in ?

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  1. Ground state
  2. Excited state
  3. Oxidised state
31
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What is an excitonic dimer ?

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They are excited as if they were a single molecule

32
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What do the special pair of chlorophylls form ?

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An excitonic dimer

33
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What are the two chlorophyll molecules participating in the photochemical act called ?

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The special pair

34
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How many chlorophylls participate in the photochemical act ?

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2

35
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What position are chlorophyll pigments in for fluorescence resonance energy transfer ?

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Chlorophyll are oriented very precisely in the membrane to allow for FRET to happen by noncovalent binding to integral membrane proteins

36
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What happens when molecules are far away in fluorescence resonance energy transfer ?

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Efficiency decreases with separation distance with an inverse 6th power law

37
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When can fluorescence resonance energy transfer occur ?

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When molecules are very close together

38
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Does fluorescence resonance energy transfer have energy loss ?

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no, there is no energy loss

39
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What is fluorescence resonance energy transfer ?

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How a photon is absorbed and transferred to neighboring molecules and eventually to reaction center

40
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What acts as light harvesting antenna ?

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300 chlorophyll molecules and 40 or so beta carotenes and other accessory pigments

41
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What is the concept of the photosynthetic unit ?

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Most chlorophyll is not involved in the photochemistry reaction, they absorb light and transfer to reaction center

42
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What is the role of the accessory pigment carotenoid in plants ?

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To protect thylakoid membranes from photoxidation

43
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What is the light gathering function associated with ?

A

The tetrapyrrole ring and its network of conjugated double bonds

44
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How is chlorophyll b related to chlorophyll a ?

A

A displaced maxima

45
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What is chlorophyll a sharp maxima ?

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660nm and 420nm

46
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Where is chlorophyll a found ?

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In reaction centers

47
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What are the two types of chlorophyll ?

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  1. Chlorophyll a

2. Chlorophyll b

48
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Who discovered chlorophyll ?

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A. Engelmann and Julius Sachs

49
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What is chlorophyll ?

A

Light gathering pigments that absorb blue and red light and emit green light

50
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What are the 5 steps of oxygenic photosynthesis mechanism ?

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  1. Light gathering reaction
  2. Oxidation of water and transfer of electrons eventually to NADP+ to generate NADPH
  3. Generation of proton electrochemical gradient
  4. Phosphorylation of ADP to ATP
  5. Fixation of C02 to generate carbohydrates
51
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What is used to fix CO2 to generate carbohydrates ?

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NADPH and ATP

52
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What is ATP from light reactions used for ?

A

Dark reactions

53
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What must light reactions allow for ?

A

Generation of ATP from light energy

54
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How often are electrons transferred uphill in most plants ?

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Usually twice

55
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What can a strong reducing agent be used for ?

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To generate NADPH

56
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What does a strong reducing agent have ?

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A very negative redox potential

57
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How is a strong reducing agent generated ?

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Electrons are transferred uphill to a more negative redox potential using light energy

58
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What is required to remove 4 electrons from water ?

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A very strong oxidising agent

59
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What do light reactions have to use ?

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The energy of light

60
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What are other names for dark reactions ?

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  1. Calvin- Benson or C3 cycle
61
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Where do dark reactions occur ?

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Stroma matrix

62
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What happens during the dark reactions ?

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The reducing power of NADPH and the free energy of hydrolysis of ATP are used to covert C02 into carbohydrate

63
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What are dark reactions ?

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Are not directly dependent on light

64
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What are the two ways electrons are transferred ?

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  1. Via an electron transport chain or proton pump to generate a chemical electrochemical gradient which drives phosphorylation of ADP to ATP via a CF1CFR0-ATPase (photophosphorylation)
  2. Eventually to generate reducing equivalence in the form of 2 molecules of NADPH
65
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What does oxygenic photosynthesis involve ?

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Using light energy to drive the oxidation of water to generate O2 and then uphill to transfer 4 electrons

66
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What are grana ?

A

Thylakoid disks stacked on one another

67
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What is the lumen topologically equivalent to ?

A

Mitochondrial inner membrane

68
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What are thylakoid membranes the site of ?

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Light reactions

69
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What are thylakoids ?

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Flattened structures that make up a continuous internal phase sealed from the chloroplast matrix or stroma

70
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Do chloroplasts contain their own genome ?

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Yes

71
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What is the origin of chloroplasts ?

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Endosymbiotic

72
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What length are chloroplasts ?

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5-10 um

73
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What is required to remove 4 electrons from water ?

A

A very strong oxidising agent

74
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What is used to fix CO2 to generate carbohydrates ?

A

NADPH and ATP

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