Biology 1202B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Atp Synthase, Light-Independent Reactions, P680
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Phyophyten is not electronegative enough to just take the electron. The effects of a psii mutation on calvin cycle molecules include: nadph and atp will not be produced (the calvin cycle will slow down) In order for nadph to be produced, an electron has to be taken from water, and the only complex that is able to split water is psii, so psi would not be able to take over. Going from psii to psi all the way to nadp+ is linear photophosphorylation; energy from photons is being used to phosphorylate adp and make atp. It is linear because nothing is cycling back to keep the system going. This is an example of negative feedback regulation; this is determined by looking at the ctp levels. If ctp levels are low, ncarb formation is high; more ctp means less ncarb formation. Photoisomerization of pigment leading to change in isomeric structure.