BIOSC-101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pyruvic Acid, Light-Dependent Reactions, Mitochondrion

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Photosynthesis occurs in the chloroplasts of plant cells in 2 steps. The first step is called the light-dependent reaction. In this reaction, the chlorophyll and other pigments in the chloroplast absorb light energy and use it to break water apart and excite one of the water"s electrons. The excited electron is used to produce atp and nadph. Nadph is a type of molecule called an electron carrier; this molecule moves an electron from reaction to another. Nadph will move the electron that started in water to the next step of photosynthesis, which is where it will be used to make sugars. The overall equation for the light-dependent reaction is light + h2o atp + nadph. The second step of photosynthesis is cal. Calvin cycle is the set of chemical reactions that take place in chloroplasts during photosynthesis. The cycle is light independent because it takes place after the energy has been captured from sunlight.

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