Title: Light harvesting
1Light harvesting and Carbon fixation in
photosynthesis a brief review
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2chloroplast
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4Enzymes and chlorophyll are imbedded in the
thylakoid membranes
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6Energy from the excited state can be transferred
to 1. Chlorophyll fluorescence 2. Heat (
non photochemical quenching) 3. Photosynthesis
( photochemical quenching)
of chlorophyll
of chlorophyll
7The first step of photochemical electron
transport (photochemical quenching)
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9Thylakoid membrane in the dark
10thylakoid membrane in the light
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15- Equations for Calvin-Benson Cycle
- RUBISCO is the only CO2 fixing enzyme
- ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase
- 6 CO2 are fixed per glucose synthesized
- Remainder of reactions used to synthesize
glucose and regenerate RuBP
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