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Photosynthesis
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Photosynthesis Overview
• Energy for all life on Earth ultimately comes from photosynthesis
6CO2 + 12H2O C6H12O6 + 6H2O + 6O2
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Chloroplast Structure
• Thylakoid membrane – internal membrane– Contains chlorophyll and other photosynthetic
pigments– Pigments clustered into photosystems
• Grana – stacks of flattened sacs of thylakoid membrane
• Stroma – semiliquid surrounding thylakoid membranes
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Vascular bundle Stoma
Cuticle
Epidermis
Mesophyll
Chloroplast
Inner membraneOuter membrane
Cell wall
1.58 mm
Vacuole
Courtesy Dr. Kenneth Miller, Brown University
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Stages
• Light-dependent reactions– Require light
1.Capture energy from sunlight
2.Make ATP and reduce NADP+ to NADPH• Carbon fixation reactions or light-
independent reactions– Does not require light
3.Use ATP and NADPH to synthesize organic molecules from CO2
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O2
Stroma
Photosystem
Thylakoid
NADP+ADP + Pi
CO2
Sunlight
PhotosystemPhotosystem
Light-DependentReactions
CalvinCycle
Organicmolecules
O2
ATP NADPH
H2O
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Pigments & Light
• Pigments are molecules that absorb light energy in the visible range
• Photon – particle of light– Energy of photons vary with the wavelenth of
the light. (inverse relationship)• Photoelectric effect – removal of an
electron from a molecule by light
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400 nm
Visible light
430 nm 500 nm 560 nm 600 nm 650 nm 740 nm
1 nm0.001 nm 10 nm 1000 nm
Increasing wavelength
Increasing energy
0.01 cm 1 cm 1 m
Radio wavesInfraredX-raysGamma rays
100 m
UVlight
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Absorption spectrum
• When a photon strikes a molecule, its energy is either – Lost as heat– Absorbed by the electrons of the molecule
• Boosts electrons into higher energy level
• Absorption spectrum – range of photons (by wavelength) a molecule is capable of absorbing
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Wavelength (nm)400 450 500 550 600 650 700
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highcarotenoidschlorophyll achlorophyll b
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• Only two general types are used in green plant photosynthesis– Chlorophylls– Carotenoids
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Pigments in Photosynthesis
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Chlorophylls
• Chlorophyll a– Main pigment in plants– Absorbs violet-blue and red light
• Chlorophyll b– Secondary pigment – absorbs light wavelengths that chlorophyll a
does not absorb
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• Structure of chlorophyll
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H2C CH
CH2CH3
H
H
H
CO
CHCCH3
CHCH3
CH2
CH2
CH2
CHCH3
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CH2
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Chlorophyll b: = CHO
R
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Porphyrinhead
H3C
H3CCH3
CH2
CH2
CH2
CH2
CH2
CH2
Hydrocarbontail
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• Action spectrum– Relative effectiveness of different
wavelengths of light in promoting photosynthesis
– Corresponds to the absorption spectrum for chlorophylls
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Lig
ht
Ab
so
rbti
on
low
high Oxygen-seeking bacteria
Filament of green algae
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• Carotenoids– Absorb blue and
violet wavelengths– Reflect red orange
and yellow wavelengths
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Oak leafin summer
Oak leafin autumn
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Photosystem Organization
• Antenna complex– Gather photons and feed the captured light
energy to the reaction center• Reaction center (membrane proteins)
– 1 or more chlorophyll a molecules– Passes excited electrons out of the
photosystem
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e–Photon
Photosystem
Thylakoid membrane
Chlorophyllmolecule
Electronacceptor
Reaction centerchlorophyll
Thylakoid membrane
Electrondonor e–
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Reaction center
• Transmembrane proteins used• When a chlorophyll in the reaction center
absorbs a photon of light, an electron is excited to a higher energy level
• Light-energized electron can be transferred to the primary electron acceptor, reducing it
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Light
e–
–+–+
Excitedchlorophyllmolecule
Electrondonor
Electronacceptor
Chlorophyllreduced
Chlorophylloxidized
Donoroxidized
Acceptorreduced
e–
e– e–
e–
e–
e–
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Light-Dependent Reactions
1. Light Capture– Photon of light is captured by a pigment molecule– electron excited
2. Charge separation – Energy is transferred to the reaction center; an
excited electron is transferred to an acceptor molecule
3. Electron transport– Electrons move through carriers to reduce NADP+
4. Chemiosmosis – diffusion of H+ ions across the membrane– Produces ATP using ATP synthase
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En
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f el
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s
High
Low
e–
Photon
Photosystem
Excited reaction center
Electronacceptor
Electronacceptor
Reactioncenter (P870)
b-c1complex ATPe–
e–
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Chloroplasts have two connected photosystems
• Photosystem I (P700)
• Photosystem II (P680)– Membrane proteins– Working together, the two photosystems carry out a
transfer of electrons that is used to generate both ATP and NADPH
– Photosystems replenished with electrons obtained by splitting water
Wavelength of light used (in nm)
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Photosystem II Photosystem Ib6-f complex
Stroma
PlastoquinoneProton
gradientPlastocyanin Ferredoxin
H+
H+H+
H+
NADPH
ATPADP
+ NADP+
NADPHNADPATPADP + Pi
CalvinCycle
PhotonPhoton
H2O
e–e–
e–
Fd
PC
PQ
1. Photosystem II absorbs photons, exciting electrons that are passed to plastoquinone (PQ). Electrons lost from photosystem II are replaced by the oxidation of water, producing O2
2. The b6-f complex receives electrons from PQ and passes them to plastocyanin (PC). This provides energy for the b6-f complex to pump protons into the thylakoid.
3. Photosystem I absorbs photons, exciting electrons that are passed through a carrier to reduce NADP+ to NADPH. These electrons are replaced by electron transport from photosystem II.
4. ATP synthase uses the proton gradient to synthesize ATP from ADP and Pi
enzyme acts as a channel for protons to diffuse back into the stroma using this energy to drive the synthesis of ATP.
NADPreductase
ATPsynthase
1/2O2 2H+
Water-splittingenzyme
Thylakoidspace
AntennacomplexThylakoid
membrane
Light-DependentReactions
H+
H+
e–22 22
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Chemiosmosis
• Proton, (H+), gradient can be used to synthesize ATP
• Chloroplast has ATP synthase enzymes in the thylakoid membrane– Allows protons back into stroma
• Stroma also contains enzymes that catalyze the reactions of carbon fixation – the Calvin cycle reactions
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Carbon Fixation – Calvin Cycle
• To build carbohydrates cells use• Energy
– ATP from light-dependent reactions– Drives endergonic reaction
• Reduction potential– NADPH from photosystem I– Source of protons and energetic electrons
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Calvin cycle
• Named after Melvin Calvin (1911–1997)• Also called C3 photosynthesis
• Key step is attachment of CO2 to RuBP to form PGA
• Uses enzyme ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase or rubisco
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4 Pi
12 NADP+
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12 ADP
NADPHNADP+ADP+ Pi
Light-DependentReactions
CalvinCycle
6 molecules of12 molecules of
12 molecules of
1,3-bisphosphoglycerate (3C)
12 molecules of
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (3C) (G3P)
10 molecules of
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (3C) (G3P)
Stroma of chloroplast6 molecules of
Carbondioxide (CO2)
12 ATP
6 ADP
6 ATP
Rubisco
Calvin Cycle
Pi
Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (5C) (RuBP)3-phosphoglycerate (3C) (PGA)
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (3C)
2 molecules of
Glucose andother sugars
12 NADPH
ATP
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3 phases
1. Carbon fixation– RuBP + CO2 → PGA
2. Reduction– PGA is reduced to G3P
3. Regeneration of RuBP– PGA is used to regenerate RuBP
• 3 turns incorporate enough carbon to produce a new G3P
• 6 turns incorporate enough carbon for 1 glucose
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Output of Calvin cycle
• Glucose is not a direct product of the Calvin cycle
• Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate is produced– G3P is a 3 carbon sugar– Used to form glucose and sucrose
• Major transport sugar in plants• Disaccharide made of fructose and glucose
– Used to make starch• Insoluble glucose polymer• Stored for later use
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Photorespiration
• Rubisco has 2 enzymatic activities– Carboxylation
• Addition of CO2 to RuBP
• Favored under normal conditions
– Photorespiration• Oxidation of RuBP by the addition of O2
• Favored when stoma are closed in hot conditions• Creates low-CO2 and high-O2
• CO2 and O2 compete for the active site on RuBP
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Heat
Stomata
O2O2
CO2 CO2
Under hot, arid conditions, leaves lose water byevaporation through openings in the leavescalled stomata.
The stomata close to conserve water but as aresult, O2 builds up inside the leaves, and CO2
cannot enter the leaves.
Leafepidermis
H2OH2O
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Types of photosynthesis
• C3
– Plants that fix carbon using only C3 photosynthesis (the Calvin cycle)
• C4 and CAM– Add CO2 to PEP to form 4 carbon molecule
– Use PEP carboxylase– Greater affinity for CO2, no oxidase activity
– C4 – spatial solution
– CAM – temporal solution
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CO2
RuBP
3PG(C3)
a. C4 pathway
Bundle-sheath cellMesophyll cell
Stoma Vein
G3P
b. C4 pathwayStoma Vein
Mesophyll cell
G3P
CO2
CO2
C4
Bundle-sheath cell
Mesophyllcell
Bundle-sheathcell
CalvinCycle
Mesophyllcell
CalvinCycle
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C4 plants
• Corn, sugarcane, sorghum, and a number of other grasses (monocots)
• Initially fix carbon using PEP carboxylase in mesophyll cells
• Produces oxaloacetate, converted to malate, transported to bundle-sheath cells
• Within the bundle-sheath cells, malate is decarboxylated to produce pyruvate and CO2
• Carbon fixation then by rubisco and the Calvin cycle
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Oxaloacetate
Pyruvate Malate
Glucose
MalatePyruvate
+ Pi
Mesophyllcell
Phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP)
Bundle-sheathcell
CalvinCycle
AMP +PPi
ATP
CO2
CO2
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• C4 pathway, although it overcomes the problems of photorespiration, does have a cost
• To produce a single glucose requires 12 additional ATP compared with the Calvin cycle alone
• C4 photosynthesis is advantageous in hot dry climates where photorespiration would remove more than half of the carbon fixed by the usual C3 pathway alone
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CAM plants
• Many succulent (water-storing) plants, such as cacti, pineapples, and some members of about two dozen other plant groups
• Stomata open during the night and close during the day– Reverse of that in most plants
• Fix CO2 using PEP carboxylase during the night and store in vacuole
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• When stomata closed during the day, organic acids are decarboxylated to yield high levels of CO2
• High levels of CO2 drive the Calvin cycle and minimize photorespiration
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night
day
CO2
CO2
C4
G3P
CalvinCycle
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Compare C4 and CAM
• Both use both C3 and C4 pathways
• C4 – two pathways occur in different cells
• CAM – C4 pathway at night and the C3 pathway during the day
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