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S U B T I T L E G O E S H E R E
SUBMITTED BY: HAFSA ARSHAD
ROLL NUMBER: BBOF17M006
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DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA
SUBMITTED TO: SIR ASGHAR ANSARI
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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 The process by which green plants
and some other organisms use
sunlight to synthesize nutrients from
carbon dioxide and water.
 Photosynthesis in plants generally
involves the green pigment
chlorophyll and generate oxygen as a
by-product
STAGES OF
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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There are two main stages of
photosynthesis:
 Light dependent phase
(Light reactions)
 Light independent phase (
dark reactions)
DARK REACTION
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 Any of the chemical reactions that take
place during the second stage of
photosynthesis and do not require light.
 This reaction occur in the stroma of the
chloroplasts which are cell organelles
known as kitchen of the cell.
LIGHT INDEPENDENT REACTION
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 Calvin cycle is also known as dark
reaction or light-dependent reaction
because it do not directly require light,
but they can’t take place without NADP
and ATP produced in light-dependent
reactions
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 In light-independent reactions, plants
use 𝐶𝑂2 and ATP and NADPH from
light-dependent reactions to produce
a sugar called glucose ( 𝐶6 𝐻12 𝑂6)
 The Calvin cycle takes place in stroma
of chloroplast.
 This is where plants make sugar
molecules that they can use to make
other essential components
 All other organisms can use this sugar
for energy
HISTORY
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 The dark reaction was discovered by
three scientists namely Melvin Calvin,
Benson, Bassham so this cycle is also
known as Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle.
 This reaction is also known as
biosynthetic pathway.
BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY
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 Calvin used radioactive 𝐶14 to trace the
pathway
 In his experiment, he used green alga and
exposed it to sunlight and took certain
green alga and killed them in hot
methanol
 After few minutes he examined the
products obtained from green alga.
BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY
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 3C compound phosphoglyceric acid(PGA)
was formed:
𝐶𝑂2 + 2C
3C
 Later on they found out that the
compound which accepts 𝐶𝑂2 is not 2C,
its actually 5-carbon compound RuBP
(ribulose bisphosphate, keto-sugar)
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 When 𝐶𝑂2 gets added by RuBP this
process is known as carboxylation
 The enzyme in this process is RUBISCO
(Ribulose Carboxylase Oxygenase
 Nature of this enzyme is decided by the
external factors i.e. temperature
concentration of 𝐶𝑂2 and 𝑂2
o In certain conditions it act as
carboxylase and if these conditions
change it acts as oxygenase.
STEPS OF CALVIN CYCLE
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The Calvin cycle is a cyclic pathway that is
divided up into three phases:
 Carbon Fixation
 Reduction Reactions
 Regeneration of ribulose 1,5-
bisphosphate (RuBP)
In nature when plants synthesize glucose
they start with one carbon molecule.
 Carbon enters the cycle in the form of CO2 and
leaves in the form of sugar (C6H12O6)
 ATP and NADPH are consumed
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 The carbohydrate produced is actually a 3-C sugar: G3P  same
sugar from Cellular respiration.
To make 1 molecule of G3P, the cycle occurs 3X (consumes 3CO2)
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CARBOXYLATION
𝐶𝑂2 + RuBP 2 3PGA
 Cycle begins when CO2 from atmosphere enters the
stroma and is incorporated into ribulose 1,5-
biphosphate (RuBP).
 The enzyme rubsico catalyzes this reaction. Rubisco
is the most abundant protein/enzyme on earth.
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RUBISCO
CARBOXYLATION
 The unstable six carbon molecule
immediately splits into two molecules of 3-
phosphoglycerate (PGA).
 This part of cycle is a form of carbon
fixation
 This just means that inorganic carbon is
converted to organic molecules, like sugar
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REDUCTION
 High energy products from light reactions are used in next
reaction.
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REDUCTION
 ATP and NADH donate electrons to the 3-
carbon molecules, which are converted to a
3-carbon sugar called glyceraldehyde-3-
phosphate (G3P).
 NADP returns to the thylakoid.
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REDUCTION
 Some of these G3P molecules leave the cycle
to form glucose molecules.
 This will be used by the plant during cellular
respiration.
 One G3P molecule is the product of the
Calvin cycle and the starting material for
many other metabolic pathways.
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P
P
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FATE OF G3P
 Remember the equation for photosynthesis? You have
always seen glucose as one of the products. In fact,
glucose could be one of the products from the Calvin
cycle as well as starch or sucrose.
 If there is an excess amount of glucose in the plant,
then the glucose will be stored as starch for use when
glucose levels drop.
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 If the glucose needs to be transported throughout the
plant, it will first be converted to sucrose for travel in
the phloem cells.
 Once sucrose reaches its destination, it can be
converted into glucose, fructose, amino acids, lipids,
or cellulose.
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REGENERATION
 The other G3P molecules are used to reform
RuBP.
 ATP is used in this transformation and ADP
returns to the thylakoid.
 H2O is also needed in this reaction.
 Six turns of the cycle are needed to produce
one glucose molecule.
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 The 5 molecules of G3P are rearranged through a series of
reactions to regenerate RuBP (this uses an additional 3 ATP)
– This is the reason for Cyclic electron flow!!
Calvin cycle consumes:
– 9 ATP
– 6 NADPH
Leads to negative
feedback!
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more ATP than
NADPH is used
per molecule of
CO2
NADPH
NADP+
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Net Equation for Photosynthesis
6CO2 + 6H2O + light C6H12O6 + 6O2
energy
chloroplast
END PRODUCT
 The end result of photosynthesis is
the production of an organic
compound and the release of
oxygen gas.
 It is important to know that the
process of photosynthesis occurs in
two separate areas of the
chloroplast.
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END PRODUCT
 The light reactions which use
water and light energy takes
place within the thylakoid
lumen and membrane
 The products of the light
reaction are released into the
stroma of the chloroplast.
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END PRODUCT
 Oxygen gas exits the organelle
and ATP and NADPH are used
in the dark reactions.
 These materials are recycled
as ADP and NADP back to the
thylakoid.
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Mechanisms of C-Fixation
• C3 Plants: plants which combine CO2 to RuBP, so that the
first organic product of the cycle is the 3-C molecule 3-
phosphoglycerate.
– Examples: rice, wheat, soybeans
 produce less food when their stomata close on hot, dry days;
this deprives the Calvin cycle of CO2 and photosynthesis slows
down
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PHOTORESPIRATION
 consumes O2, releases CO2 into peroxisomes, generates
no ATP, decreases photosynthetic output
𝑂2 + RuBP 1 3PGA + Phosphoglycolate
 O2 replaces CO2 in a non-productive, wasteful reaction;
 Oxygen OUTCOMPETES CO2 for the enzyme’s active site!
RUBISCO
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CO2 not able to be used
in Calvin Cycle
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ALTERNATIVE MECHANISMS
OF CARBON FIXATION
C4 Plants:
 Use an alternate mode of C-fixation which forms a 4-C compound
as its first product
 Calvin Cycle still occurs! This 1st product is an intermediate step
prior to Calvin Cycle.
 Examples: sugarcane, corn, grasses
 The 4-C product is produced in mesophyll cells
 It is then exported to bundle sheath cells (where the Calvin cycle occurs);
Has a higher
affinity for CO2
than RuBP does
 Once here, the 4-C product releases CO2 which then enters the Calvin
cycle & combines with RuBP (with the help of Rubisco).
 This process keeps the levels of CO2 sufficiently high inside the leaf
cells, even on hot, dry days when the stomata close.
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 Stomata are open at night, closed during day
(this helps prevent water loss in hot, dry
climates)
 At night, plants take up CO2 and incorporate it
into organic acids which are stored in the
vacuoles until day (intermediate step, prior to
Calvin Cycle);
 Then CO2 is released once the light reactions
have begun again
 Examples: cactus plants, pineapples
CAM Plants:
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C4 and CAM Pathways are:
 Similar:
• In that CO2 is first incorporated into organic intermediates before
Calvin cycle
 Different:
• In C4 plants the first and second steps are separated spatially
(different locations)
• In CAM plants the first and second steps are separated temporally
(occur at different times)
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What happens to the products of photosynthesis?
 Oxygen is consumed during cellular respiration
 50% of sugar made by plant is consumed by plant in
respiration
 Some are incorporated into polysaccharides:
• cellulose (cell walls)
• starch (storage; in fruits, roots, tubers, seeds)
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Dark reactions in plants

  • 1. S U B T I T L E G O E S H E R E SUBMITTED BY: HAFSA ARSHAD ROLL NUMBER: BBOF17M006
  • 2. 2 DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA SUBMITTED TO: SIR ASGHAR ANSARI
  • 3. PHOTOSYNTHESIS 3  The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.  Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generate oxygen as a by-product
  • 4. STAGES OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS 4 There are two main stages of photosynthesis:  Light dependent phase (Light reactions)  Light independent phase ( dark reactions)
  • 5. DARK REACTION 5  Any of the chemical reactions that take place during the second stage of photosynthesis and do not require light.  This reaction occur in the stroma of the chloroplasts which are cell organelles known as kitchen of the cell.
  • 6. LIGHT INDEPENDENT REACTION 6  Calvin cycle is also known as dark reaction or light-dependent reaction because it do not directly require light, but they can’t take place without NADP and ATP produced in light-dependent reactions
  • 7. 7  In light-independent reactions, plants use 𝐶𝑂2 and ATP and NADPH from light-dependent reactions to produce a sugar called glucose ( 𝐶6 𝐻12 𝑂6)  The Calvin cycle takes place in stroma of chloroplast.  This is where plants make sugar molecules that they can use to make other essential components  All other organisms can use this sugar for energy
  • 8. HISTORY 8  The dark reaction was discovered by three scientists namely Melvin Calvin, Benson, Bassham so this cycle is also known as Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle.  This reaction is also known as biosynthetic pathway.
  • 9. BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY 9  Calvin used radioactive 𝐶14 to trace the pathway  In his experiment, he used green alga and exposed it to sunlight and took certain green alga and killed them in hot methanol  After few minutes he examined the products obtained from green alga.
  • 10. BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY 10  3C compound phosphoglyceric acid(PGA) was formed: 𝐶𝑂2 + 2C 3C  Later on they found out that the compound which accepts 𝐶𝑂2 is not 2C, its actually 5-carbon compound RuBP (ribulose bisphosphate, keto-sugar)
  • 11. 11  When 𝐶𝑂2 gets added by RuBP this process is known as carboxylation  The enzyme in this process is RUBISCO (Ribulose Carboxylase Oxygenase  Nature of this enzyme is decided by the external factors i.e. temperature concentration of 𝐶𝑂2 and 𝑂2 o In certain conditions it act as carboxylase and if these conditions change it acts as oxygenase.
  • 12. STEPS OF CALVIN CYCLE 12 The Calvin cycle is a cyclic pathway that is divided up into three phases:  Carbon Fixation  Reduction Reactions  Regeneration of ribulose 1,5- bisphosphate (RuBP) In nature when plants synthesize glucose they start with one carbon molecule.
  • 13.  Carbon enters the cycle in the form of CO2 and leaves in the form of sugar (C6H12O6)  ATP and NADPH are consumed 13
  • 14.  The carbohydrate produced is actually a 3-C sugar: G3P  same sugar from Cellular respiration. To make 1 molecule of G3P, the cycle occurs 3X (consumes 3CO2) 14
  • 15. CARBOXYLATION 𝐶𝑂2 + RuBP 2 3PGA  Cycle begins when CO2 from atmosphere enters the stroma and is incorporated into ribulose 1,5- biphosphate (RuBP).  The enzyme rubsico catalyzes this reaction. Rubisco is the most abundant protein/enzyme on earth. 15 RUBISCO
  • 16. CARBOXYLATION  The unstable six carbon molecule immediately splits into two molecules of 3- phosphoglycerate (PGA).  This part of cycle is a form of carbon fixation  This just means that inorganic carbon is converted to organic molecules, like sugar 16
  • 17. REDUCTION  High energy products from light reactions are used in next reaction. 17
  • 18. REDUCTION  ATP and NADH donate electrons to the 3- carbon molecules, which are converted to a 3-carbon sugar called glyceraldehyde-3- phosphate (G3P).  NADP returns to the thylakoid. 18
  • 19. REDUCTION  Some of these G3P molecules leave the cycle to form glucose molecules.  This will be used by the plant during cellular respiration.  One G3P molecule is the product of the Calvin cycle and the starting material for many other metabolic pathways. 19
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  • 22. FATE OF G3P  Remember the equation for photosynthesis? You have always seen glucose as one of the products. In fact, glucose could be one of the products from the Calvin cycle as well as starch or sucrose.  If there is an excess amount of glucose in the plant, then the glucose will be stored as starch for use when glucose levels drop. 22
  • 23.  If the glucose needs to be transported throughout the plant, it will first be converted to sucrose for travel in the phloem cells.  Once sucrose reaches its destination, it can be converted into glucose, fructose, amino acids, lipids, or cellulose. 23
  • 24. REGENERATION  The other G3P molecules are used to reform RuBP.  ATP is used in this transformation and ADP returns to the thylakoid.  H2O is also needed in this reaction.  Six turns of the cycle are needed to produce one glucose molecule. 24
  • 25. 25  The 5 molecules of G3P are rearranged through a series of reactions to regenerate RuBP (this uses an additional 3 ATP) – This is the reason for Cyclic electron flow!! Calvin cycle consumes: – 9 ATP – 6 NADPH Leads to negative feedback!
  • 26. 26 more ATP than NADPH is used per molecule of CO2 NADPH NADP+
  • 27. 27 Net Equation for Photosynthesis 6CO2 + 6H2O + light C6H12O6 + 6O2 energy chloroplast
  • 28. END PRODUCT  The end result of photosynthesis is the production of an organic compound and the release of oxygen gas.  It is important to know that the process of photosynthesis occurs in two separate areas of the chloroplast. 28
  • 29. END PRODUCT  The light reactions which use water and light energy takes place within the thylakoid lumen and membrane  The products of the light reaction are released into the stroma of the chloroplast. 29
  • 30. END PRODUCT  Oxygen gas exits the organelle and ATP and NADPH are used in the dark reactions.  These materials are recycled as ADP and NADP back to the thylakoid. 30
  • 31. 31 Mechanisms of C-Fixation • C3 Plants: plants which combine CO2 to RuBP, so that the first organic product of the cycle is the 3-C molecule 3- phosphoglycerate. – Examples: rice, wheat, soybeans  produce less food when their stomata close on hot, dry days; this deprives the Calvin cycle of CO2 and photosynthesis slows down
  • 32. 32 PHOTORESPIRATION  consumes O2, releases CO2 into peroxisomes, generates no ATP, decreases photosynthetic output 𝑂2 + RuBP 1 3PGA + Phosphoglycolate  O2 replaces CO2 in a non-productive, wasteful reaction;  Oxygen OUTCOMPETES CO2 for the enzyme’s active site! RUBISCO
  • 33. 33 CO2 not able to be used in Calvin Cycle
  • 35. C4 Plants:  Use an alternate mode of C-fixation which forms a 4-C compound as its first product  Calvin Cycle still occurs! This 1st product is an intermediate step prior to Calvin Cycle.
  • 36.  Examples: sugarcane, corn, grasses  The 4-C product is produced in mesophyll cells  It is then exported to bundle sheath cells (where the Calvin cycle occurs); Has a higher affinity for CO2 than RuBP does
  • 37.  Once here, the 4-C product releases CO2 which then enters the Calvin cycle & combines with RuBP (with the help of Rubisco).  This process keeps the levels of CO2 sufficiently high inside the leaf cells, even on hot, dry days when the stomata close.
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  • 39. 39  Stomata are open at night, closed during day (this helps prevent water loss in hot, dry climates)  At night, plants take up CO2 and incorporate it into organic acids which are stored in the vacuoles until day (intermediate step, prior to Calvin Cycle);  Then CO2 is released once the light reactions have begun again  Examples: cactus plants, pineapples CAM Plants:
  • 40. 40 C4 and CAM Pathways are:  Similar: • In that CO2 is first incorporated into organic intermediates before Calvin cycle  Different: • In C4 plants the first and second steps are separated spatially (different locations) • In CAM plants the first and second steps are separated temporally (occur at different times)
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  • 42. 42 What happens to the products of photosynthesis?  Oxygen is consumed during cellular respiration  50% of sugar made by plant is consumed by plant in respiration  Some are incorporated into polysaccharides: • cellulose (cell walls) • starch (storage; in fruits, roots, tubers, seeds)
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