BIOL 341 Lecture 7: Ch7- The Light Reactions

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Only (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al pro(cid:272)ess (cid:272)apa(cid:271)le of harvesting the sun"s energy. Fossil fuels = photosynthetic activity from the past. Use atp and nadph in the reduction of carbon to. Light energy converted to chemical energy: powers electron transfer (donors/acceptors) Electrons reduce nadp+ to nadph: generates proton motive force (pmf) Chlorophyll absorbs red and blue and reflects green. Light: absorption & emission from chlorophyll synthesize simple carbohydrates. Energy emitted from light causes the photons to change from lowest excited state to ground state. Red long-wavelength absorption band of chlorophyll corresponds to light that has the energy required to cause the transition from the ground state to the first excited state. Blue short-wavelength absorption band corresponds to a transition to a higher excited state. Porphyrin-like ring with mg cofactor: loosely bound e- = site of e- transfer, redox. Hydrophobic hydrocarbon tail acts as thylakoid membrane anchor. Carotenoids: absorb blue, emit green - red = orange: accessory pigment- transfer light energy to chlorophyll.

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