Photosynthesis Flashcards
Endergonic
- photosynthesis
- reduces CO2 to sugar
Exergonic
- Cellular Respiration
- Oxidizes sugar to CO2
Thylakoid
contains many pigment molecules
Stroma
liquid matrix
Pigments
molecules that absorb only certain wavelengths of light
light reactions occur in ___________
Thylakoids
Calvin Cycle occurs in ________
Stroma
Accessory pigments:
- Give E to chlorophyll
- Extend wavelengths useful for photosynthesis
- protection against free-radicals:accept or stabilize unpaired e-
When a photon strikes chlorophyll
- its energy can be transferred to an electron in chlorophyll head
- electtron becomes excited
In chlorophyl:
- Red and blue photons can be absorbed
- excite electrons to different states
when an e- drops down to lower E level it:
- Emits fuorescence or heat
- resonance-energy transfer
- reduction/oxidation
___% of electrons produce flourescence
2
Pheophytin
- electron acceptor from chlorophyll
- pigment molecule structurally similar to chlorophyll
Photosystem II: e- passed to an ______
- ETC
- In thylakoid membrane
- produces proton gradient
- drives ATP production via ATP synthase
Photosystem II _________ water to __________________________
- Oxidizes (splits)
- replace e- used during light reactions
When excited e- leave photosystem II and enter ETC:
- Photosystem becomes electronegative
- enzymes can remove e- from water leaving protons and O2
Photosystem I:
- Enzyme NADP+ reductase transfers a p+ and 2 e- to reduce NADP+ to NADPH
- photosystem and NADP+ reductase anchored in thylakoid membrane
Calvin cycle 3 steps:
- Fixation of CO2
- Reduction of 3PGA to G3P
- Regeneration of RuBP from G3P
Rubisco
- CO2 fixing molecule in calvin cycle
- most abundant enzyme on earth
____ and ____ compete for active sites on rubisco
O2 and CO2
Carbon fixation favored over photorespiration when:
- CO2 concentration is high
- O2 concentration is low
Stomata are normally
- open during the day
- closed at night
on hot and dry days leaf cells:
- lose water to evaporation through stomata
- close stomata and stop photosynthesis
- or risk dehydration
Closing stomata causes
CO2 delivery and thus photosynthesis to stop