Photosynthesis *autotroph *photoautotoph *chemoautotroph *heterotroph found b/w lower and upper epidermis *chloroplasts structure
Chloroplasts are the sites of photosynthesis in plants Two metabolic phases: *Light reactions *Calvin cycle Carbon fixation thylakoids stroma
The light reactions convert solar energy to chemical energy *photon *Photons are absorbed by pigment molecules
Light-harvesting complexes of the thylakoid membrane
Electron Flow
Organization of light reaction machinery
Chemiosmosis in mitochondria and chloroplasts *electron carriers similar *ATP synthase complexes similar *spatial organization differs
Calvin cycle (Carbon Fixation)
A review of photosynthesis