Biology 1002B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Anoxygenic Photosynthesis, Rubisco, Carbonic Anhydrase
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Roughly evenly spread out between land and sea carbon fixation. Energy more spread out in 6 carbon dioxide is condensed into one glucose molecules. Lots of energy associates with the ch bond. The reduction of co2 to ch bond. Ch is easily oxidized, and we use the electrons to do things. Things with a lot of calories have a lot of ch bonds. Co2 is very stable; electrons are not easily oxidized (removed) Photosynthesis is a redox reaction; you need to be very familiar with which reactants in the photosynthesis reaction is a reducing agent or oxidizing agent; what gets oxidized and what gets reduced. The thylakoid membrane is the only part of the chloroplast that is green. The thylakoid membrane is also the only place where is photosynthetic electron transport take place. The thylakoid membrane enclosed a compartment called thylakoid lumen; substances need to enter the membrane to get to the lumen/some kinds of transporter.
