Light-dependant reactions

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Light-dependant reactions
  1. Chlorophyll and other photosynthetic pigments; chlorophyll contains porphin ring with magnesium at the centre linked to a long hydrocarbon chain. Chlorophyll is the most important pigment in plants because it is the the only one that takes a direct part in photosythesis.
    1. As well as chlorophyll, there are other photosynthetic pigments in chloroplasts called accessory pigments. These do not participate directly in the light-dependant reactions, but they absorb light of other wavelengths outside the range of chlorophyll and convey the energy to chlorophyll which then uses it in photosynthesis
      1. Absorption spectrum and action spectrum; the absorption spectrum refers to the wavelengths of light that a particular photosynthetic pigment absorbs. The action spectrum refers to the wavelengths of light that bring about photosynthesis
        1. The production of ATP and reduced NADP; the light-dependant reaxtions occurs in chlorophyll bound to the thylakoid membranes in a chloroplast. Light absprbed by chlorophyll provides energy to convert ADP and inorganic phosphate to ATP, a process called photophophorylation
          1. When a chlorophyll absorbs light, the energy level of its electrons is raised; the electron goes from its ground state to an excited state. Electrons in their excited state leave the chlorophyll molecule are passed a chain of electron carrier molecules called an electron transport chain. A redox reaction takes place during the transfer of an electron from one carrier molecule to the next. One carrier molecule donates an electron while the other molecule accepts it. NADP is the final electron acceptor in the electron transport chain
          2. As electrons pass down the elctron transport chain in the series of the redox reaction, they release energy whichi is used to make ATP. This method of ATP production is called photopsophorylation because light energy is used to add a phosphate group to ADP
            1. Photolysis; is where the light energy trapped by chlorophyll is also used to split water molecules and release electrons. Photolysis occurs when water molecules are split with the aid of light energy
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