01:119:115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Light-Independent Reactions, Organelle, Plastoquinone

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Biological Science
• Course: 01:119:115
• Professor: Professor Cardinale

Document Summary

A. basic information: life made of carbon-based molecules, source of c is atmospheric co2, carbon fixation- co2 -> c-based macromolecules, animal cells cannot fix carbon, photosynthetic organisms can fix co2, use energy from the sun (endergonic reaction. C. heterotrophs: they are also known as consumers, do not make organic, primary molecules; eat them. B. photons: particle of light e, photon e inversely proportional to wavelength, shorter the wavelength = higher the e, negative slope graph, wavelength on x-axis, energy on y-axis. A. basic information: photosynthetic organelle in eukaryotic cells, derived from cyanobacteria. B. plant organization: leaves- main site of photosynthesis (figure 10. 4, capture sunlight, wide, flat leaves are the best, mesophyll cells- photosynthetic cells in leaves, each contain 30-40 chloroplasts, chloroplasts- photosynthetic organelles. The thylakoid membranes lining the space contains pigments that absorb light to perform photosynthesis: outer membrane, intermembrane space, inner membrane, thylakoid membrane/granum increases surface area so that more sunlight could be absorbed, have their own dna and ribosomes.