Photosynthesis And Nutrition Flashcards
All plants have the same ____ reactions and different _____ reactions
Photochemical, biochemical
Most abundant pigment for photosynthesis
Alpha Chlorophyll
25% of chlorophyll
Beta chlorophyll
Carotenoids
Beta-carotene, xanthophyll, and phycobilins
Groups of funnel-like pigments
Photosystems
The splitting of water
Photolysis
Antennae complex, 4:1 chlorophyll:carotenoids
PS1
Antennae 1:1 chlorophyll:xanthophyll
PS2
Reaction center at 700
PS1
Reaction center at 680
PS2
Protein catalyst of carbon-fixing pathway
Rubisco
Carbon fixing pathway for majority of plants, all happens in mesophyll
C3 pathway
Rare pathway, concentrates CO2 so O2 fixing can’t occur
C4 pathway
In C4 plants, C4 happens in ___ and C3 happens in ____
Parenchyma of mesophyll, bundle sheaths
Protein catalyst of C4
PEP
Pathway that temporally separates C3 and C4
CAM Pathway