Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In the process of photosynthesis, the phosphorylation of ADP to form ATP using the energy of sunlight is called photophosphorylation. Cyclic photophosphorylation occurs in both aerobic and anaerobic conditions, driven by the main primary source of energy available to living organisms, which is sunlight.
In cyclic photophosphorylation, cytochrome b 6 f uses electrons and energy from PSI to create more ATP and to stop the production of NADPH. Cyclic phosphorylation is important to create ATP and maintain NADPH in the right proportion for the light-independent reactions. The net-reaction of all light-dependent reactions in oxygenic photosynthesis ...
Cyclic electron transport or cyclic photophosphorylation produces only ATP. The noncyclic variety involves the participation of both photosystems, while the cyclic electron flow is dependent on only photosystem I. Photosystem I uses light energy to reduce NADP + to NADPH + H +, and is active in both noncyclic and cyclic electron transport. In ...
If electrons only pass through once, the process is termed noncyclic photophosphorylation, but if they pass through PSI and the proton pump multiple times it is called cyclic photophosphorylation. When the electron reaches photosystem I, it fills the electron deficit of light-excited reaction-center chlorophyll P700 + of PSI.
It occurs in ten steps and proves that phosphorylation is a much required and necessary step to attain the end products. Phosphorylation initiates the reaction in step 1 of the preparatory step [ 5 ] (first half of glycolysis), and initiates step 6 of payoff phase (second phase of glycolysis).
Noncyclic photophosphorylation through light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis at the thylakoid membrane. Photosynthesis is the process in which light energy is absorbed and converted to chemical energy. This chemical energy is eventually used in the conversion of carbon dioxide to sugar in plants.
Water-splitting process: Electron transport and regulation. The first level ( A ) shows the original Kok model of the S-states cycling, the second level ( B ) shows the link between the electron transport (S-states advancement) and the relaxation process of the intermediate S-states ([YzSn], n=0,1,2,3) formation
The cytochrome b 6 f complex is a dimer, with each monomer composed of eight subunits. [3] These consist of four large subunits: a 32 kDa cytochrome f with a c-type cytochrome, a 25 kDa cytochrome b 6 with a low- and high-potential heme group, a 19 kDa Rieske iron-sulfur protein containing a [2Fe-2S] cluster, and a 17 kDa subunit IV; along with four small subunits (3-4 kDa): PetG, PetL, PetM ...