How a Chloroplast Works

I am a chloroplast and I have thylakoids that contain

chlorophyll and collectively called as granum. It is surrounded
by stroma. First, I will undergo Light-dependent reaction. It is
composed of PSII, PSI, and ATP synthase. PS I and II absorb
the photons from the sunlight and process them through the
membranes of the thylakoids simultaneously. The photons
excite electrons in the chlorophyll which then move through
the electron transport chain and causes NADP- to combine
with H+ forming NADPH. At the same time, ADP has come
from the dark reaction and a third phosphate chain is bonded
forming ATP to feed the Calvin Cycle next. In Light-
independent reaction does not require sunlight to complete
the process. There are three reactiond in Calvin Cycle: Carbon
Fixation, Reduction, and Regeneration. In carbon fixation a
carbon dioxide molecule combines with a five-carbon acceptor
molecule, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate. As a result a six-carbon
compound that splits into two molecules of a three-carbon
compound, 3-PGA. In the second stage, ATP and NADPH are
used to convert the 3-PGA molecules into molecules of a
three-carbon sugar, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate. Last stage
Some G3P molecules go to make glucose, while others must
be recycled to regenerate the RuBP acceptor.