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Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
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1.
Why not photorespiration does take place in C4 plants?
2.
Tomatoes, carrots and chillies are red in colour due to the presence of one pigment? Is it a photosynthetic pigment?---M---G1---
3.
The Clavin cycle takes place in which cells of C4 plants?
4.
Explain Kranz anatomy.
5.
During which reaction carbon fixation takes place?
6.
Define light reactions.
7.
What is the chemical equation to express photosynthesis?
8.
Dark reactions are dependent on light yet are called dark reactions. Justify.
9.
Why is the lumen of thylakoids acidic while, the stroma is alkaline in nature?
10.
Expand RuBP and also mention the role of RuBP in photosynthesis.
11.
By looking at a plant externally can you tell whether a plant is C3 or C4 ? Why and how?
12.
Cyanobacteria and some other photosynthetic bacteria do not have chloroplasts.How do they conduct photosynthesis?
13.
Mention any two reasons, which prove that photosynthesis is essential for sustaining life on the earth.
14.
What is the basis for designating C3 and C4 pathways of photosynthesis?
15.
ATPase enzyme consists of two parts. What are those parts? How are they arranged in the thylakoid membrane? The conformational changes occur in which part of the enzyme?
1.
The reason is that they have a mechanism that increases the concentration of CO2 at the enzyme site. It occurs when C4 acid from mesophyll cell is broken down in bundle sheath cells and releases CO2, hence increasing CO2 concentration intra cellular. It also ensures that RUBISCO acts as carboxylase to minimize oxygenase activity of it.
2.
The pigments are chromoplasts; these are fat soluble carotinoid pigments like carotenes and xanthophylls. These are called accessory pigments; they absorb light and transfer energy to Chlorophyll a.
3.
The Calvin cycle takes place in the bundle sheath cells.
4.
Bundle sheath are arranged around vascular bundle in the shape of floral wreath. 'Kranz' means wreath, hence the name Kranz anatomy.
5.
Carbon fixation occurs in the dark reaction or light-independent reaction of the photosynthesis process. The process of carbon fixation slightly differs in C3, C4, and CAM plants but the Calvin Cycle or C3 pathway is the main biosynthetic pathway of carbon fixation.
6.
The light reaction includes trapping of light energy, splitting of water, oxygen release and formation of ATP and NADPH.
7.
12H2O + 6CO2 ⟶ C6H12O6 + 6H2O + 6O2
8.
Dark reactions are dependent on the products of light reaction that are ATP and NADPH to carryout reduction of CO2 to form glucose. This does not need so, they are called dark reactions.
9.
The acidic nature of lumen of thylakoids is due to the accumulation of protons by the photolysis of water. The same reaction does not occur in stroma so, it is basic in nature.
10.
RuBP is known as Ribulose 1,5-Bisphosphate. It is the primary acceptor of carbon dioxide in Calvin cycle of C3-plants. It forms the first stable compound of photosynthesis known as PGA.
11.
The plants which are adapted to dry tropical regions have the C4 pathway. However, the C4-plants do not show any characteristic in external morphology. Therefore, it is difficult to say whether a plant is C3 or C4 by looking it only externally.
12.
Cyanobacteria and some other photosynthetic bacteria have photosynthetic lamellae (membranes) suspended freely in the cytoplasm.These carry bacteriochlorophyll to conduct photosynthesis.
13.
Two reasons are as follows
(i) It is the process by which food is manufactured for all living organisms.
(ii) It is the only natural process by which oxygen is liberated into the atmosphere. This O2 is used by all living organisms respiring aerobically.
14.
C3 pathway or Calvin cycle represents phase-II, i.e. dark reaction of photosynthesis.In Calvin cycle, a 5C pentose sugar, Ribulose Bisphosphate (RuBP) acts as the first acceptor of CO2 whereas, the C4 pathway is also called Hatch-Slack pathway in which, the first CO2 acceptor is 3C phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP).
15.
ATPase enzyme consists of two parts, i.e., a stalk (F0) and a headpiece (F1)These two parts are located completely across the membrane of thylakoid membrane. The conformational changes occur in the headpiece (F1 ) of this enzyme.
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