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Electron Transport in Chloroplasts

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Photosynthesis I

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology ((PLANT,volume 5))

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The result of photosynthetic electron transport in green plants is the evolution of molecular oxygen and the formation of the assimilatory power necessary for the conversion of carbon dioxide into cellular material at the expense of light energy. The currently accepted representation of photosynthetic electron transport as the cooperative interaction of two light reactions originated with Hill and Bendall (1960). A modified schematic representation of their hypothesis is presented in Figure 1. Their formulation was proposed primarily to account for three major experimental observations: First, the decline in efficiency of photosynthesis at long wavelengths (λ>685 nm) and the synergistic effect of shorter wavelengths on far red illumination (Emerson and Lewis, 1943; Blinks, (1957). Secondly, the presence in green tissues of two cytochromes, cytochrome f and b 6 (564) whose characteristic potentials (E m, 7) differed by about 0.4 V and their light-induced absorbance changes (Hill, 1965). Lastly, the stimulation of electron flow to NADP+ when ATP formation occurred concurrently (Arnon et al., 1958; Davenport, 1959).

Schematic representation of photosynthetic electron transport.Z: primary electron donor of photosystem II; Q: quencher of chlorophyll a fluorescence; C-550: compound with a difference absorbance maximum at 550 nm; PQ: plastoquinone; PC: plastocyanin; P-700: primary electron donor to photosystem I; Fp: flavoprotein

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