01:119:115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Photosynthetic Pigment, Leaf, Intermembrane Space

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Photosynthesis is the process that converts solar energy into chemical energy. Autotrophs organisms that sustain themselves without eating anything derived from other organisms. Generate own organic molecules to make there own energy. Referred to as the producers of the biosphere. Produce organic molecules from co2 and other inorganic molecules. Almost all plants are photo-autotrophs i. e. use energy of sunlight to make organic molecules. Heterotrophs obtain their organic material from other organisms. Almost all heterotrophs depend on photo-autotrophs for food and o2. Chloroplasts are the sites of photosynthesis in plants. Their green color is from chlorophyll (green pigment within chloroplasts) Chloroplasts are found mainly in cells of the mesophyll (the interior tissue of a leaf) The chlorophyll is in the membranes of thylakoids, which is why it"s green. The space in between innermost membrane and each thylakoid is the stroma. Some steps in photosynthesis are not completely known. Overall photosynthesis equation has been known since 1800"s.

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