BSC 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Electron Transport Chain, Photosystem Ii, Thylakoid

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Concept 6. 5 during photosynthesis, light energy is converted to. Light reactions convert light energy into chemical energy (in atp and the reduced electron carrier. Carbon-fixation reactions use the atp and nadph, along with co2, to produce carbohydrates. Light is a form of electromagnetic radiation, which travels as a wave but also behaves as particles (photons). Photons can be absorbed by a molecule, adding energy to the molecule it moves to an excited state. In plants, two chlorophylls absorb light energy chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b. Accessory pigments absorb wavelengths between red and blue and transfer some of that energy to the chlorophylls. The pigments are arranged into light-harvesting complexes, or antenna systems. A photosystem spans the thylakoid membrane in the chloroplast; it consists of antenna systems and a reaction center. When chlorophyll (chl) absorbs light, it enters an excited state (chl*), then rapidly returns to ground state, releasing an excited electron.

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