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Photosynthesis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqEDz2vfhpQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqEDz2vfhpQ Done by Bacteria, protists (algae), plants
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Photoautotrophs do psyn. Photo = light Auto = self Troph = feeder Photo…..energy provided by light Autotroph get own carbon from inorganic source (feed themselves) Chemoautotroph…
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Light Dependent reactions... Be able to draw and explain Photolysis Photosystem Electron transport Chemiosmosis Location in chloroplast
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Light Independent Reaction – Be able to explain…. Carbon fixation - atmospheric CO 2, RUBP, Rubisco, unstable 6-C intermediate, PGA Calvin Cycle – ATP used for…NADPH used for, what returns to light rxn, substrate level phosphorylation, 6 concurent cycles merge products to form 1 glucose Know where in cell these rxns occur
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Light Reactions Begin at Photosystem II – chlorophyll a =p680 Light-harvesting complex – surrounding complex of proteins and pigments chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, carotenoids pass energy along to reaction center Reaction center: holds 2 special chlorophyll a molecules and primary e-acceptor protein e- jumps out of chlorophyll a onto 1˚e- acceptor chlorophyll a of photosystem II is now P680+
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Step 2 light reaction -Photolysis Photosystem II (p680) More modern version PS w/ specialized enzyme Enzyme splits water e- from H replace those lost by p680+ H+ ions released into thylakoid space O bonds to another O and diffuses out
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Step 3 light reaction – electron transport e - from p680+ chlorophyll a move down e- transport chain Give energy to proton pumps e- enter chlorophyll p700 in photosystem I Re-energized e- from p700+ exit thylakoid And are picked up by NADP+ (co-enzyme & e- carrier) NADPH moves to Calvin cycle to provide reducing power
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Step 4 - light reaction = photophosphorylation Proton pumps powered by e-transport chain Pump H+ ions into center of thylakoid H+ ions flow out of thylakoid space through ATPase by facilitated diffusion Energy of flowing H+ used by ATPase to make lots of ATP ATP sent to Calvin cycle to provide energy for endergonic, anabolic reaction forming glucose
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Light Independent Reactions Use ATP to make glucose Take place in the stroma Require ATP and NADPH from light rxn Require CO 2 from atmosphere Stroma is filled with thousands of enzymes Hundreds of Calvin cycles are running simultaneously For every 6 Calvin cycles 1 glucose is formed
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1 C 6 H 12 O 6
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Carbon Fixation Atomospheric CO 2 is ‘fixed’ (attached) to an organic molecule called RuBP The enzyme Rubisco mediates this rxn RuBP + CO 2 forms unstable intermediate Intermediate splits into 2 PGA (3 C each)
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To make 1 glucose this step happens 6 times forming 12 PGA RuBP PGA
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Calvin Cycle – PGAL formation ATP from light rxn gives a phosphate group to each PGA via substrate level phosphorylation so…12 ATP phosphorylate 12 PGA priming them to react NADPH reduces each PGA (adding H to them) making them into PGAL (P i is released) (PGAL = G3P)
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Calvin Cycle –reformation of RuBP 2 of the 12 PGAL are spit out of the cycle and made into glucose The remaining PGAL are reformed into RuBP using energy from 6 more ATP Most glucose is converted to sucrose for transport or into starch for storage
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ADP, P i and NADP + Return to Light dependent reaction
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Photosynthesis Chemical Equation 6 CO 2 + 12 H 2 O C 6 H 12 O 6 + 6 O 2 + 6 H 2 O Or with net water shown: 6 CO 2 + 6 H 2 O C 6 H 12 O 6 + 6 O 2
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Evolution of Photosynthesis 1 st photosynthetic bacteria did cyclic psyn Only makes ATP not sugar Still used by many bacteria
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Evolution of PS II Non-cyclic psyn because e- obtained from H2O (not recycled) Allowed production of high energy carbs A way to transport & store chemical energy Allowed larger more complex organisms All plants and some bacteria have PS II and do non-cyclic psyn
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Chloroplast Location in plant Any green part, most in leaves (p157) A - cuticle (wax) B - epithelial cell C - palisade mesophyll D - spongy mesophyll E - stoma stomata
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The Move to Land Waxy cuticle to prevent dehydration Stomata – open & close to let in CO 2 Water evaporates when stomata open Closing stomata causes O 2 CO 2 Rubisco starts binding to O 2 Puts O 2 into Calvin cycle Called photorespiration = bad no glucose Most plants do this..called C3 plants
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C4 plants avoid photorespiration Close stomata but keep CO 2 levels near rubisco high by doing C4 cycle in mesophyll cells In C4 cycle carbon fixation binds CO 2 to PEP instead of RuBP The enzyme binds CO 2 to PEP ignores O 2 PEP + CO 2 = oxaloacetate ( a 4C molecule) Oxaloacetate converts to malate which is sent through plasmodesmata to bundle sheath cells
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Malate drops off CO 2 to rubisco in bundle sheath cells that run C3 Calvin cycle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq38MpYOb8w
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CAM plants…cacti & desert plants fix carbon by C4 cycle only at night Store malate until day time Close stomata and us malate as CO 2 source to run Calvin cycle in day time when ATP and NADPH become available
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Photoprotective pigments Carotenoids absorb violet and blue-green light Also protect the leaf from excessive light Very similar to the carotenoids that protect the human eye
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