Photosynthesis and cellular respiration - definitions of acronyms and abbreaviations Flashcards
NAD
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
NADPH
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate
pq
Plastoquinone
RuBisCO
Ribulose Biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
ETC
Electron transport chain
pc
Plastocyanin
Fd
Ferredoxin
ADP
Adenosine diphosphate
PGA
3-phosphoglycerate
BPGA
Biphospholycerate
G3P
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
PEP
Phosphoenolpyruvate
CAM
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism
COO-
Carboxyl group
FAD
Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide
RuBP
Ribulose Biphosphate
A chemical cofactor that the cells use to carry out various redox reactions
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
An energy and electron carrier molecule
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate
NADH
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide + Hydrogen
electron acceptor that picks up the electron in the reaction center and transfer it to the electron transport chain
plastoquinone
An electron will then bounce in photosystem I until it reaches the reaction center chlorophyll a, that will be picked up by another electron accepter called?
Ferredoxin
a biological molecule consisting of one adenine, one sugar, and two phosphates
Adenosine Diphosphate
In the Calvin cycle, carbon dioxide binds with RuBP which results in a short-lived unstable intermediate. Because it’s unstable, it breaks apart into two three-carbon molecules called?
3-phosphoglycerate
It is an alternative as RuBP can employ photorespiration and should not be used by C4 plants.
Phosphoenolpyruvate
