This document provides an overview of photosynthesis in plants. It defines photosynthesis as the process by which plants convert light energy to chemical energy that is later used as fuel. Key points covered include: the importance of photosynthesis for producing oxygen and energy for life; early experiments in the 1700s and 1800s that advanced understanding; the two light-dependent stages of photosynthesis that produce ATP and NADPH; and the Calvin cycle and C4 pathway for carbon fixation. Factors affecting the rate of photosynthesis such as light intensity, carbon dioxide concentration, temperature, and water availability are also discussed.
this presentation contains briefing of the chapter as per NCERT syllabus in details that contains photosynthesis process, early experiments, photosynthetic pigments,photophosphorylation, light reactions and dark reactions n factors affecting photsynthesis.
Organisms can be classified by how they get their energy and carbon- A (1).pdflonkarhrishikesh
Organisms can be classified by how they get their energy and carbon. Autotrophs ( "selffeeders")
use energy and carbon from inorgaric sources to create biological bonds through the process of
primary production. Heterotrophs ("other-feeders') consume other organisms to get energy and
the nutrition they need to survive. Ultimately, all heterotrophs rely on the primary production of
autotrophs. Photo-autotrophs are autotrophs that use light as an energy source for primary
production through the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis requires carbon dioxide, water,
and light energy to produce the simple sugar glucose, oxygen, and water. Light travels from the
sun in waves as photons. The distance a photon travels during one complete wave is its
wavelength. Energy values associated Figare 7-1. Fhotosynthesis cunverts light energy, with
photons increase as wavelengths decrease. Sunlight contains a wide range of wavelengths.
Photosynthesis is driven by a range of wavelengths that occur in the spectrum of visible light;
primarily within the range of red and blue. Energy from light is absorbed by pigments inside
cells. Chlorophyll a is the most common photosynthetic pigment although others do occur. Red,
orange, violet, and blue wavelengths ane absorbed by chlorophyll and green is reflected, thereby
causing the green appearance of plants. Solar energy is absorbed by pigments and is used to
excite electrons away from their atomic nucleus. Remember from lab 2 that electrons further
from the nucleus of an atom have more energy associated with them than those close to the
nucleus. This increase in electron energy can be harvested by the cell and used to form biologic
bonds during photosynthesis. In plants, chlorophyll a is stored in chloroplasts. Chloroplasts are
double membrane-bound organelles that contain several flattened membranous sacs called
thylakoid membranes that enclose the thylakoid space. The space between the thylakoid
membranes and the outer chloroplast membranes is called the stroma. Hundreds of chlorophyll
molecules are embedded in the thylakoid membranes, Chlorophyll, proteins, and various
pigments in an "antenna complex" absorb light energy and pass it to chlorophyll molecules and
proteins that make up the "reaction center." One of two chlorophyll molecules located in the
reaction center gives up an electron that is excited by the solar energy and the electron is passed
to the first protein in one of many electron transport chains in the thylakoid membranes, Reaction
center chlorophyll receives a replacement electron when additional light energy splits water
molecules, releasing oxygen gas and hydrogen ions. As the excited electron is passed along
adjacent molecules of the electron transport chain the energy of the electron is used to pump
hydrogen ions from the stroma into the thylakoid space. Because hydrogen ions are protons,
which are positively charged, an electrochemical gradient is established across the thylakoid
membranes w.
this presentation contains briefing of the chapter as per NCERT syllabus in details that contains photosynthesis process, early experiments, photosynthetic pigments,photophosphorylation, light reactions and dark reactions n factors affecting photsynthesis.
Organisms can be classified by how they get their energy and carbon- A (1).pdflonkarhrishikesh
Organisms can be classified by how they get their energy and carbon. Autotrophs ( "selffeeders")
use energy and carbon from inorgaric sources to create biological bonds through the process of
primary production. Heterotrophs ("other-feeders') consume other organisms to get energy and
the nutrition they need to survive. Ultimately, all heterotrophs rely on the primary production of
autotrophs. Photo-autotrophs are autotrophs that use light as an energy source for primary
production through the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis requires carbon dioxide, water,
and light energy to produce the simple sugar glucose, oxygen, and water. Light travels from the
sun in waves as photons. The distance a photon travels during one complete wave is its
wavelength. Energy values associated Figare 7-1. Fhotosynthesis cunverts light energy, with
photons increase as wavelengths decrease. Sunlight contains a wide range of wavelengths.
Photosynthesis is driven by a range of wavelengths that occur in the spectrum of visible light;
primarily within the range of red and blue. Energy from light is absorbed by pigments inside
cells. Chlorophyll a is the most common photosynthetic pigment although others do occur. Red,
orange, violet, and blue wavelengths ane absorbed by chlorophyll and green is reflected, thereby
causing the green appearance of plants. Solar energy is absorbed by pigments and is used to
excite electrons away from their atomic nucleus. Remember from lab 2 that electrons further
from the nucleus of an atom have more energy associated with them than those close to the
nucleus. This increase in electron energy can be harvested by the cell and used to form biologic
bonds during photosynthesis. In plants, chlorophyll a is stored in chloroplasts. Chloroplasts are
double membrane-bound organelles that contain several flattened membranous sacs called
thylakoid membranes that enclose the thylakoid space. The space between the thylakoid
membranes and the outer chloroplast membranes is called the stroma. Hundreds of chlorophyll
molecules are embedded in the thylakoid membranes, Chlorophyll, proteins, and various
pigments in an "antenna complex" absorb light energy and pass it to chlorophyll molecules and
proteins that make up the "reaction center." One of two chlorophyll molecules located in the
reaction center gives up an electron that is excited by the solar energy and the electron is passed
to the first protein in one of many electron transport chains in the thylakoid membranes, Reaction
center chlorophyll receives a replacement electron when additional light energy splits water
molecules, releasing oxygen gas and hydrogen ions. As the excited electron is passed along
adjacent molecules of the electron transport chain the energy of the electron is used to pump
hydrogen ions from the stroma into the thylakoid space. Because hydrogen ions are protons,
which are positively charged, an electrochemical gradient is established across the thylakoid
membranes w.
Photosynthesis is a biological process used by many cellular organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy, which is stored in organic compounds that can later be metabolized through cellular respiration to fuel the organism's activities.
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2. Content
What is Photosynthesis?
Important on Photosynthesis
Early Experiments
Light Reactions
Electron Transport System
Cyclic and Non Cyclic Photophosphorylation
Photoperiodism
Chemiosmosis Hypothesis
C3 Pathway or Calvin Cycle
C4 or Hatch – Slack Pathway
Photorespiration
Factors Affecting Photosynthesis
3. What is photosynthesis ?
Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms
to convert light energy into chemical energy that, through
cellular respiration, can later be released to fuel the organism's
activities. Some of this chemical energy is stored in
carbohydrate molecules, such as sugars and starches, which are
synthesized from carbon dioxide and water – hence the name
photosynthesis, from the Greek phōs (φῶς), "light", and
synthesis (σύνθεσις), "putting together“
4. Most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria perform photosynthesis;
such organisms are called photoautotrophs. Photosynthesis is
largely responsible for producing and maintaining the oxygen
content of the Earth's atmosphere, and supplies most of the
energy necessary for life on Earth.
Although photosynthesis is performed differently by different
species, the process always begins when energy from light is
absorbed by proteins called reaction centers that contain green
chlorophyll (and other colored) pigments/chromophores.
5. In plants, these proteins are held inside organelles called
chloroplasts, while in bacteria they are embedded in the
plasma membrane. In these light-dependent reactions, some
energy is used to strip electrons from suitable substances,
such as water, producing oxygen gas.
The hydrogen freed by the splitting of water is used in the
creation of two further compounds that serve as short-
term stores of energy, enabling its transfer to drive other
reactions: these compounds are reduced nicotinamide adenine
dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) and adenosine triphosphate
(ATP), the "energy currency" of cells.
6. Importanceof Photosynthesis
The process of photosynthesis plays an
important role in such ways:
Photosynthesis convert radiant or solar energy into chemical
energy.
Productivity of agricultural crops directly depends upon the
rate of photosynthesis.
It provides oxygen in atmosphere for all living organisms.
It ensures that all living species have access to oxygen in
the atmosphere.
7. It maintains the balanced level of oxygen and carbon dioxide
ecosystem.
Fossil fuels are derived from plants. Energy stored in fuel is
originally trapped from sun during photosynthesis.
It ensures that all living species have access to oxygen in the
atmosphere.
Energy is locked in fuel as a result of photosynthesis in the sun.
Photosynthesis is critical for the existence of the vast majority
of life on Earth. It is the way in which virtually all energy in
the biosphere becomes available to living things.
Plants are the source of fossil fuels.
9. Joseph Priestly, in 1774, discovered that plants replenish oxygen
in the air which respiratory animals and burning candles
eliminate.
.Julius von Sachs discovered in 1854 that the green parts of
plants are where glucose is produced which is usually saved as
starch.
.T.W Engelmann (1843-1909) carried out a fantastic
experiment. He used a prism to separate light into its spectrum
components before lighting a green alga named Cladophora that
was dissolved in an anaerobic bacteria solution. The
microorganisms were used to discover where Oz originated.
He found that germs gathered primarily in the split spectrum's
blue and red light areas.
10. So, the first photosynthesis action spectrum was thus defined,
absorption spectra pigments of chlorophyll a and b.
.The empirical equation then depicted the resembling the entire
process of photosynthesis for oxygen-evolving organisms :
CO2 + H2O [CH2O] + O2
Cornelius van Neill, a microbiologist, made notable participation in
the understanding of photosynthesis by demonstrating that
photosynthesis is a light-dependent reaction in which H, from an
appropriate hydrogen compound. The equation can be expressed
as :
6CO2+12H20 C6H12O6 +6H20 + 602
light
light
11. LightReaction
Light reaction is the first stage of photosynthesis process in
which solar energy is converted into chemical energy in the
form of ATP and NADPH.
12. Absorption of light, splitting of water, releasing oxygen, and
creating high energy chemicals such as ATP and NADPH are all
part of the process.
Several complexes, namely Light-harvesting complexes (LHC) with
pigments in Photosystem-1 (PSI) and Photosystem-2 (PSI), are
named in the order of their discovery. Each photosystem, with
the exception of chlorophyll a, contains all of the pigments and
constitutes an LHS known as antennae.
The reaction center is formed by a single molecule of chlorophyll-a.
PSI has a maximum absorption at 700 nm, thus is also known as
P700whereas PSII has a maximum absorption at 680 nm, which is
known asP680.
13. Electron Transport System
The photosystems and electron transport
chain components are embedded in the
thylakoid membrane.
14. LHC of PSII receives light at 680 nanometers, which excites
electrons, causing them to jump out of their orbit and be
received by an electron acceptor, which then moves them to the
electron transport system.
Electrons are not used up and are transferred to PSI pigments.
15. Because of the absorption of light at 700 nanometers, these
electrons pass to an energy molecule NADP', leading to the
formation of NADPH and H'.
The Z scheme is the name given to this electron transport
system.
The splitting of H,0 replaces the electrons which were
transferred from Photosystem-2. This produces oxygen, a by
product of photosynthesis.
PSII is associated with this splitting of H,0. It provides the
electrons required to replace those eliminated from PSI.
16. CYCLIC AND NON CYCLIC
PHOTOPHOSPHORYLATION
Photophosphorylation is the process by which ATP is
synthesized from ADP and Pi in the existence of light.
Non-cyclic photophosphorylation occurs when PSII and then PSI
act in series, resulting in the synthesis of both ATP and
NADPH.
Cyclic photophosphorylation occurs when only PSI is active, the
electron is distributed within PSI and phosphorylation occurs as
a result of the cyclic flow of electrons. It occurs in the stroma
lamellae. It lacks the NADP reductase enzyme, so ATP is
synthesized but not NADPH and H+ .
17. It also takes place when only light with a wavelength greater
than 680 nanometers is available.
18. Photoperiodism
Photoperiodism is the
response to changes in
daylength that enables
plants to adapt to
seasonal changes in their
environment.
19. Photoperiodic flowering in plants is regulated by photosensory
receptors including the red/far-red light-receptor phytochromes
and the blue/UV-A light-receptor cryptochromes.
The main causes of photoperiodism are the interaction between
the plant's body and the light. The photoperiodic response can
be reasonably predicted, but temperature, nutrition, and other
environmental factors also alter the organism's response.
Photoperiodism is important in controlling many aspects of
plant development and in coordinating certain responses, such as
flowering, with different times of the year.
20. Chemiosmosis hypothesis
The ATP synthase enzyme is composed of two parts: F0 and
F1.
F0, which is presented into the thylakoid layer and creates a
transmembrane channel that enables protons to easily diffuse
across the layer. ➢ F1 is the other half, which is situated on
the stroma-facing side of the thylakoid external surface of the
membrane.
The gradient's breakdown offers enough energy to cause a
conformational shift in the F1 moiety of the ATP synthase,
allowing the enzyme to synthesize multiple molecules of ATP.
Chemiosmosis requires a membrane, a proton pump, a proton
angle, and ATP synthase.
21. To create a gradient or a larger proportion of protons inside
the thylakoid lumen, energy is used to pump protons across a
membrane.
ATP synthase contains a channel that allows protons to be
released back across the membrane, releasing enough energy to
activate the ATP synthase chemical, which catalyses' the
formation of ATP.
Along with the NADPH produced by electron development
22. C3 pathway orCalvincycle:
Melvin Calvin found that the first molecule of
carbon dioxide fixation was a three-carbon
organic acid named 3-phosphoglyceric acid or
PGA, hence the Calvin cycle.
23. The primary CO2 acceptor in this pathway or C3 plants is a 5-
C-containing RuBP (ribulose bisphosphate) molecule that
integrates with CO to generate sucrose.
STEPS INCLUDED IN THE CALVIN CYCLE :
1. Carboxylation: In the availability of an enzyme known as RuBP
carboxylase-oxygenase (RuBiscO), carbon dioxide is used for
decarboxylation of RuBP, resulting in two molecules of 3-PGA.
RuBiscO enzyme has an affinity for both carbon dioxide and
Oxygen.
24. 2. Reduction: Carbon dioxide reduction requires two molecules of
ATP for phosphorylation as well as two molecules of NADPH for
reduction. Six carbon dioxide molecules must be fixed, as the cycle
repeats six times.
3. Regeneration: To regenerate the carbon dioxide acceptor
molecule RuBP, one ATP must be phosphorylated.
25. C4 or hatch– slackpathway:
The mesophyll cells and vascular bundles are the two types of cells
found in the C4 plants.
Bundle sheath cells are large cells that surround vascular bundles,
and the leaves of these plants have kranz anatomy.
Bundle sheath cells can have multiple layers of chloroplasts and are
resistant to gaseous exchange.
The mesophyll cells contain the three-carbon molecule called
phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), which serves as the primary carbon
dioxide acceptor.
The enzyme in charge is PEP carboxylase or PEP case, where the
RuBisCO enzyme is missing.
26. C4 acid OAA is formed here, which is then transferred to
bundle sheath cells where C4 acids are split to release carbon
dioxide and a three-carbon molecule.
It is then shipped to mesophyll, where it constructs PEP once
more, completing the cycle.
The carbon dioxide produced in the bundle sheath cells reaches
the C3 Calvin pathway, which is shared by all plants, C3 or C4.
The enzyme RuBisCO is abundant in the bundle sheath cells,
but PEP case is lacking. Carbon dioxide gas concentration rises
as bundle sheath cells become impermeable to it.
27. Photorespiration
RuBisCO, the most abundant enzyme on the planet, is
distinguished by its ability to bind both O2 and CO2.
Some O2 binds with RuBisCO in C3 plants, leading to the
formation of phosphoglycerate and phosphoglycolate via a pathway
known as photorespiration.
Because there is no production of sugar or ATP/NADPH in this
pathway, it is referred to as a wasteful process.
Photorespiration does not occur in C4 plants, so they are more
productive
28. Factorsaffectingphotosynthesis
The photosynthesis rate is affected by both internal and
external factors.
Internal factors such as the number, size, age, alignment of
leaves, chloroplasts, and so on, as well as external factors
such as CO2 concentration, temperature, water, and so on.
External factors are temperature, pH levels in the soil, the
intensity of the light, weather conditions, and concentration
of carbon dioxide.
29. Light :
Light is being used as 10% of the incident sunlight.
.It is directly proportional to CO2 fixation at low intensities.
Other factors become confining as the intensity increases.
.Excessive light causes the breakdown of chlorophyl, resulting in
a decrease in photosynthesis.
Concentration of carbondioxide :
As carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere are very
low, ranging from 0.03 to 0.04 percent, an increase in
concentration of up to 0.05 percent can cause an increase in
photosynthesis rate.
30. Temperature
Because the dark reactions are enzymatic, they are temperature
controlled. C4 plants react to higher temperatures and have
higher photosynthesis rates, whereas C3 plants have a lower
temperature optimum.
Water
Water stress leads to closing of stomata, reducing carbon dioxide
accessibility, and causes leaves to wilt, thus reducing the surface
area.