Saturday, April 7, 2012



Diagram above shows photosystem in thylakoid membranes where the photosynthetic pigments are arranged
Photosystem:
reaction centre (chlorophyll a + protein)
surrounded by light harvesting complex (known as ____________)
Light harvesting complex consists of:
Pigments: _______________________________
Function: acts as antenna complex that absorbs photon and transmitted from molecule to molecule until chlorophyll a, the reaction centre
Primary electron acceptor at reaction centre accepts an excited electron from ______________

Two type of photosystem
Photosystem I  
Absorption peak=680nm
Reaction centre
known as _______
Photosystem II
Absorption peak=700nm
Reaction centre
known as ________


*Both of photosystems: generate ATP & NADPH