BIOL 11000 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Photochemistry, Thylakoid, Light-Dependent Reactions
29 Aug 2016
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Thylakoid: a membrane-bound compartment inside chloroplasts and cyanobacteria. They are the site of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis. Stroma: the connective, functionally supportive framework of a biological cell, tissue, or organ. Pigment: a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc. Chlorphyll: the molecule that absorbs sunlight and uses its energy to synthesise carbohydrates from co2 and water. Photosystems: are functional and structural units of protein complexes involved in photosynthesis that together carry out the primary photochemistry of photosynthesis: the absorption of light and the transfer of energy and electrons. Light harvesting complex: complex of subunit proteins that may be part of a larger supercomplex of a photosystem, the functional unit in photosynthesis. It is used by plants and photosynthetic bacteria to collect more of the incoming light than would be captured by the photosynthetic reaction center alone.
