Plant Physiology Flashcards
Capable of fixing inorganic carbon
Autotrophy
Organism that can fix inorganic carbon; that is an autotroph
Producer
An organism that must acquire carbon from organic sources
Consumer
Plastid associated with the “green” lineage of the archaeplastida
Chloroplast
Photosynthetic pigment found in all photo autotrophic eukaryotes that exhibits two absorption maxima in the red and blue range of the electromagnetic spectrum
Chlorophyll a
Phonetic pigment found in all photo autotrophic virdiplantae that exhibits two absorption maxima in the red and blue range of the electromagnetic spectrum
Chlorophyll b
Opening in epidermal surface of higher plants that allows for gas exchange and water loss
Stomata
Byproduct of aerobic respiration and principle substrate for oxygenic photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide
Byproduct of oxygenic photosynthesis that is derived from the splitting of water
Oxygen
Middle layer of parenchyma cells in a typical leaf
Mesophyll
Disc-shaped membranes that house the photosynthetic pigments and may be arranged in stacks called grana when found in plastids
Tylakoid
Stacks of thylakoids in a chloroplast
Grana
The space in a chloroplast between the thylakoids and the chloroplast membranes
Stroma
Oxidation and reduction
Redox
Light-independent of synthetic reactions of photosynthesis that is also known as c3 photosynthesis
Calvin cycle
The Calvin cycle that is also known as the light-independent reactions or c3 photosynthesis
Synthetic reactions
Photosynthetic reactions involving the resonance transfer of light energy– harvested by photosynthetic pigments– into chemical nerdy in the form of ATP, reducing power in the form of NADPH, oxygen and protons (hydrogen ions)
Light reactions
Light reactions reduce NADP to NADPH which can be utilized to help drive the Calvin cycle
Nadp and NADPH
The enzyme ribulose 1,5-biphosphate carboxylate-oxygenase (RUBISCO) is responsible for fixing inorganic carbon (carbon dioxide) at the starting point of the Calvin Cycle
Carbon fixation
Three-carbon organic acids derived from the Calvin cycle are used to build more complex molecules such as sucrose which is the typical transport form of sugar for vascular plants
Sucrose
Radiant energy produced by electromagnetic processes that includes the visible spectrum of light
Electromagnetic radiation
Adenosine triphosphate has stored energy in a phosphate bond that is released when converted to adenosine diphosphate plus phosphate
ATP/ ADP
Light-mediated phosphorlyation of ADP to make ATP
Photophosphorlyation
A particular point on the electromagnetic spectrum that also alludes to one of the properties of light
Wavelength
A record of the magnitude of light absorbed across a range of wavelengths
Absorption spectrum
A record of the magnitude of a biological response across a range of wavelengths
Action spectrum
The conversion of light energy (as a photon) into chemical energy via resonance energy transfer
Electron excitation
Light-harvesting complex that receives electron from photo system II via an electron transport chain and then uses light energy to drive the electron to an excited state which can then facilitate the reduction of NADP to NADPH
Photosystem I
Light harvesting complex that uses light energy to drive an electron to an excited state which can then vacillate the splitting of water and the generation of a proton gradient for chemiosmosis via an electron transport chain
Photosystem II
The set of all photosynthetic pigments that collect light energy and channel the energy to the center of a photosystem
Light harvesting complex
The name given the relationship between photosystem II and photosystem I
Z scheme
RUBISCO
Ribulose 1,5- biphosphate carboxylase/ oxygenase
The consequence of oxygen uptake by RUBISCO that requires ATO and generates carbon dioxide while yielding no products of photosynthesis such as sugar
Photorespiration
The Calvin cycle, the synthetic reactions of the light independent reactions that is so named because of the 3 carbon organic acids that serve as intermediates
C3 photosynthesis
Adaptation to inefficiencies in c3 photosynthesis that provides a physical separation between carbon fixation (in the mesothelioma via PEP carboxylase) and the Calvin cycle (in the bundle sheath)
C4 photosynthesis
Enzyme utilized in c4 photosynthesis for carbon fixation in the mesothelioma
PEP carboxylase