10TH BIOLOGY

NUTRITION
VEDIO 6
DONE BY DR DADI SINDHU
MECHANISM OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS

◦ MECHANIM OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS INVOLVES TWO REACTIONS

THET ARE 1)LIGHT REACTION

2)DARK REACTION
LIGHT REACTION (PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION)

◦ LIGHT PLAYS AKEY ROLE IN THIS REACTION SO IT IS

LIGHT DEPENDENT REACTION.
◦ IT TAKES PLACE IN CHLOROPHYLL CONTAINING
GRANUM THYLAKOIDS OF CHLOROPLASTS.
◦ PHOTO CHEMICAL REACTION OR PHOTOLYSIS.
STEPS IN LIGHT REACTION

1.CHLOROPHYLL ABSORBS LIGHT ENERGY(PHOTON ABSORPTION).

2.DIVISION OF WATER MOLECULE BY PHOTOLYSIS
H2 O H+ + OH-
LIGHT
THIS IS KNOWN AS HILL’S REACTION AS HILL DISCOVERED THIS REACTION.
3.OH- H2O+O2 WHERE WATER IS USED BY PLANT AND O2XYGEN IS RELEASED INTO ATMOSPHERE.
4.H+ ION LATER UNDERGOES ASERIES OF REACTIONS IN THE DARK REACTION.
DARK REACTION (LIGHT INDEPENDENT REACTION)

1.H+ ION FORMS NADPH AND ATP ENERGY AT THE END OF THE LIGHT REACTION.
2.THERE IS AN INTERMEDIARY STAGE INVOLVED ,WHERE H+ ION TURNS OUT TO
FORM NADPH AND CAPABLE OF TRAPPING ATP.
NADPH= NICOTINAMIDE DINUCLEOTIDE HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE,
ATP = ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE
4.LIGHT INDEPENDENT REACTION OCCURS NOT IN DARK AND NIGHT BUT THEY
ARE LIGHT INDEPENDENT REACTION.
5.NADPH REACTS WITH CARBONDIOXIDE TO FORM GLUCOSE MOLECULE BY
USING ATP.
REACTIONS IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS
◦ LIGHT REACTION
◦ H2O DIVIDES TO FORM H+ AND OH-
◦ OH- FORMS WATER AND OXYGEN
◦ H+ FORMS NADPH AND ATP
◦ DARK REACTION
◦ NADPH REACTS WITH CO2 TO FORM
GLUCOSE,
RUBP AND ENZYMES ARE
INTERMEDIARY COMPOUNDS.
RUBP=RIBULOSE BIS PHOSPHATE.