Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
Discovered oxygen
Importance of sunlight
Jan Ingenhousz and green parts in
photosynthesis
Production of glucose by
Julius von Sachs plants and storage as
starch
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Action spectrum of
photosynthesis and
showed that maximum
absorption occurs in blue
T.W Engelmann and red light
Experimented on green
alga Cladophora
Biosynthetic phase of
sugar synthesis
Dark reaction
Utilises ATP and NADPH
produced in the light
reaction
Hundreds of pigments
forming antennae
Light Harvesting
Complex (LHC) Increase efficiency by
absorbing different
wavelengths of light
Reaction centre-
Chlorophyll ‘a’ P700
PSI Primary electron
acceptor is Fe-S
protein
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Reaction centre-
Chlorophyll ‘a’ P680
PSII Primary electron
acceptor is pheophytin
Phosphorylation of ADP to
form ATP
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Peter Mitchell
Photophosphorylation-
chloroplast
1- Carboxylation of RuBP to
3PGA
3- Regeneration of RuBP
Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate
Law of limiting
Blackman
factors
C3 and temperate
plants- low optimum
temperature
Affect of temperature
on photosynthesis C4 and tropical plants-
high optimum
temperature
Rate of photosynthesis
increases with increased
level of CO2 at high light
Affect of CO2 level intensity.
on photosynthesis
C4 plants have lower
saturation level compared
to C3