Metabolism

Anabolism Autotroph

Catabolism
Heterotroph

Photosynthesis
Metabolism is the sum total of
all chemical processes taking
place within a living system.

Catabolism is the breaking

down process.

Anabolism is the building up

process.
Autotrophs are self-feeders.
They sustain themselves without
eating anything derived from
other living beings

Heterotrophs are consumers.

Unable to make their own food,
they live on compounds
produced by other organisms
Autotrophs or Producers
Photosynthetic Producers

Chemosynthetic
Producers
Heterotrophs or Consumers
What is photosynthesis?
•It is a process used by plants
to make their own food.

•It is a method of converting

light energy into chemical
energy usable by cells.
 What is the chemical equation for
photosynthesis?

Sunlight
6 CO2 + 6 H2O C6H12O6 + 6 O2 + (H2O)
Chlorophyll

Reactants/
Raw materials Products
 Where does
photosynthesis take
place?
 LEAF CROSS SECTION

Mesophyll

LEAF
Chloroplast

CHLOROPLAST Intermembrane space

Outer
membrane

Granum Inner
membrane
Grana Stroma Thylakoid
Stroma Thylakoid compartment
CHLOROPLAST
CHLOROPLAST
What is the nature of
sunlight?
ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
What is a photosystem?
Light-Dependent Reaction
(Light Reaction)
What are the stages in the
light reaction?
1. Photoactivation / Chlorophyll-
photoactivation
2. Photolysis
3. Photophosphorylation
SOLAR ENERGY IS
CAPTURED .

ADP + P ATP

2H + NADP

H2O
NADPH
Chlorophyll a
( energy carrier ) O2
Linear Electron Flow
What are the raw materials
of light reaction?
• Water & light

What are the products of light

reaction?
• Oxygen, ATP, NADPH
Cyclic Electron Flow
Light-Independent Reaction
(Dark Reaction)
What are the stages in the
dark reaction?
1. Carbon dioxide fixation
2. Carbon dioxide reduction
3. Regeneration of RuBP
(ribulose biphosphate)
What are the raw materials
of dark reaction?
• Carbon dioxide, ATP, and
NADPH
What are the products of dark
reaction?
• Sugar, ADP, and NADP
LET’S SUMMARIZE!
 What is the chemical equation for
photosynthesis?

Sunlight
6 CO2 + 6 H2O C6H12O6 + 6 O2 + (H2O)
Chlorophyll
 FATE OF
GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE

G3P

Fructose Fatty acid Amino acid

phosphate synthesis synthesis

Glucose
phosphate

sucrose starch cellulose

Importance
of Photosynthesis