photosynthesis
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Chapter 6. Photosynthesis. BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY. Defined as--are series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell . In each pathway, a principal chemical is modified by chemical reactions . Because of the many chemicals that may be involved, pathways can be quite elaborate. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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PHOTOSYNTHESISChapter 6
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BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY
Defined as--are series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell.
• In each pathway, a principal chemical is modified by chemical reactions.
• Because of the many chemicals that may be involved, pathways can be quite elaborate
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Metabolism
Defined as--is a step-by-step modification of the initial molecule to shape it into another product. The result can be used in one of three ways:
• To be stored by the cell• To be used immediately, as a metabolic product• To initiate another metabolic pathway, called a
flux generating step.
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Photosynthesis in Overview• Process by which plants and other autotrophs
store the energy of sunlight into sugars.• Requires sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.• Overall equation:
6 CO2 + 6 H20 C6H12O6 + 6 O2
• Occurs in the leaves of plants in organelles called chloroplasts.
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Chloroplast Structure• Inner membrane
called the thylakoid membrane.
• Thickened regions called thylakoids. A stack of thylakoids is called a granum. (Plural – grana)
• Stroma is a liquid surrounding the thylakoids.
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Pigments
• is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the result of wavelength absorption.
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VISIBLE SPECTRUM
• is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to (can be detected by) the human eye.
• this range of wavelengths is called visible light or simply light.
• Primary colors include R O Y G B I V
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Photosynthetic Pigments
• Chlorophyll A • chlorophyll B• Accessory pigments:– Carotenoids
• Each pigment absorbs a particular wavelength of light in the visible spectrum
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Pigments• Chlorophyll A is the most important
photosynthetic pigment. • Other pigments called antenna or accessory
pigments are also present in the leaf.– Chlorophyll B– Carotenoids (orange / red)– Xanthophylls (yellow / brown)
• These pigments are embedded in the membranes of the chloroplast in groups called photosystems.
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Pigment Absorption
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Photosynthesis: The Chemical Process
• Occurs in two main phases.– Light reactions– Dark reactions (aka – the Calvin Cycle)
• Light reactions are the “photo” part of photosynthesis. Light is absorbed by pigments.
• Dark reactions are the “synthesis” part of photosynthesis. Trapped energy from the sun is converted to the chemical energy of sugars.
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Step I: Light Reactions
• Light-dependent reactions occur on the thylakoid membranes.
• Involves the splitting of water (photolysis) • 12 H2O + Energy 6 O2 + 24 H+ + 24e-
• Requires light for the energy to split the water molecule
• Energy storage molecules are formed. (ATP and NADPH)
• Oxygen gas is made as a waste product.
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Dark Reactions
• Dark reactions (light-independent) occur in the stroma.– Carbon dioxide is “fixed” into the sugar glucose.– ATP and NADPH molecules created during the
light reactions power the production of this glucose.
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CHEMIOSMOSIS- the movement of H+ protons out of the membrane to make ATP
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Step II: Dark ReactionsLight Independent
• Does not require light but can happen at any time of day.
• The energy from NADPH and ATP is used for carbon fixation
• 6 CO2 + 24 H+ + 24 e- ------> C6H12O6 + 6 H2O
• The chemical bonds present in glucose also contain a considerable amount of stored (potential) energy.
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CALVIN CYCLE
or C3 pathwayOccurs in the stroma
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The Calvin Cycle
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STEP 1 CARBON FIXATIONCO2 molecules enter and combine with RUBP (5 carbon)
molecule to make a 6 carbon molecule– “will happen 3 times”
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STEP 2 – New 6 carbon molecule quickly splits into 2 (3carbon molecules) (PGA)- energy is used to add phosphate and create PGAL
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Rubisco
RuBp CO2
RuBp
Rubisco
P G A P G A
P G A
Later becomes glucose!
CO2
CO2
O2
Photorespiration – these CO2’s did not get incorporated into glucose this time!
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STEP 3- Some parts of the PGAL molecule leave the cycle- some stay to make more RuBP
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Step 3 (cont)- Used energy molecules- can return to electron transport chain
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