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Photosynthesis upm
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Mind Map on Photosynthesis upm, created by Dannia Syahirah Mahdan on 02/05/2016.
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Photosynthesis upm
General
Chloroplast structure and thylakoid membrane
Thylakoid membrane
Site for light reaction
Compose of phospholipid and galactolipids
Disc shape membrane
Place for light being converted to food
Stacks of thylakoid formed Grana
Chloroplast structure
Sites for photosynthesis
Double membrane
Disc shape organelles
Contains chlorophyll
Location
Mesophyll layer
Ground tissues
Green in colour
Pigment molecules absorb light
Pigments absorb only specific wavelengths of visible light, while reflecting others
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll a
All photosynthetic plants, algae and cyanobacteria contain it
Chlorophyll b
Only plants ,green algae and some unusual types of cyanobacteria contain it
Hydrophobic tail inserts into thylakoid membrane
Porphyrin head(surrounding a magnesium ion) that absorbs light
Accessory pigments
beta-carotene
Absorbs violet, blue-green light; reflects yellow,orange
Important to dissipate excess solar energy as heat(photoprotection)
Phycobilins
water-soluble, found in cytoplasm or stroma of chloroplast
Phycocyanin
bluish pigment, cyanobacteria
Phycoerythrin
reddish pigment, red algae
Soak up light energy, use as chemical tags
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