BIOL 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: P680, Plastoquinone, Plastocyanin

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In some places the thylakoid sacs are stacked in columns grana: chlorophyll resides in the thylakoid membranes of the chloroplasts. Excitation of chlorophyll by light + linear electron flow: when there is light, a photon of light will hit a pigment of a plant cell, which causes an electron to gain energy and go into an excited state. It excites an electron in this pair to the primary electron acceptor. P680+ is now formed: an enzyme splits water into 2 electrons, two hydrogen atoms, and an oxygen atom. From here electrons are supplied to p680+, the strongest biological oxidizing agent. This chain does not create a proton gradient and therefore no atp is produced: the enzyme nadp+ reductase catalyzes the transfer of electrons from fd to nadp+. Two electrons are required for the reduction to nadph. In hot dry days most plants close their stomata, a response which conserves water. It also reduces photosynthetic yield by limiting access to co2.

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