BIOL 1108 Lecture 8: Chapter 8 Photosynthesis Part 1

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A tree is roughly water, and the other half is created almost entirely out of thin air. The thylakoid membrane is the highly folded center of the chloroplast where the photosynthetic electron transport chain is located. The lumen is liquid inside the thylakoid membrane, and where light reactions happen. Therefore, there must be an input of energy - sunlight. Redox reactions are reduction-oxidation reactions: reduction: reactions in which a molecule acquires electrons and gains energy, oxidation: reactions in which a molecule loses electrons and releases energy. During photosynthesis, co2 is reduced to form higher-energy carbohydrate molecules. This requires a lot of input of atp and the transfer of electrons from an electron donor. In photosynthesis, energy from the sun is used to produce atp and electron donor molecules capable of reducing co2. The oxidation of water results in the production of electrons, protons, and o2.

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