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Lecture 223.16: Chloroplasts
Chloroplasts
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Chloroplasts
Convert solar energy into ATP
Chloroplasts
Photosynthesis can be broken up into two phases or stages:
-Light reactions - Solar energy converted to ATP
-Dark reactions - ATP used to fix CO2 into usable forms
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1. Chlorophyll
2. Carotenoids
P680
P700
Fig 14-31
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Each photosystem has light capturing antennae complexes (with many chlorophyll molecules)
and a reaction centre that converts light E into chemical E.
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charge
separation
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Light boosts E of e-
Light boosts E of e-
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H+ gradient established here fuels ATP production
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Dark Reactions
Carbon fixation reactions
3ATP + 2NADPH are consumed
For each CO2 converted to carbohydrate
Begins in the stroma (fluid of the chloroplast)
and ends in the cytosol
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Dark Reactions
(a 5 carbon
sugar)
Dark Reactions
Final product
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