Saturday, April 10, 2010

Chapter 4 Syllabus

4.1 Light reaction
- Reaction and detailed description
- Photoactivation of photosystem I and photosystem II
- Photolysis of water
- Production and roles of NADPH and ATP
- Cyclic and non-cyclic photophosphorylation

4.2 Dark reaction/Calvin cycle in C3* and C4* plants
- Reaction and detailed description
- CO2* fixation to RuBP
- Production of PGAL until the formation of carbohydrates
- Involvement in the formation of proteins and fatty acids
- Anatomical and physiological differences between leaves of C3* and C4* plants
- Krantz's anatomy
- Hatch-Slack pathway
- Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)
- Example: cactus

4.3 Factors limiting the rate of photosynthesis
- Wavelength and intensity of light, temperature and carbon dioxide concentration
- Compensation point

* numbers are subscripts

Chapter 4: Photosynthesis

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