Insane in the Membrane

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Section 4

Photosynthesis and photoactive MPs 2


Feb 12

Reading 1:PSI and PSII

    

      


 

Query 9

 

What role does the ferridoxin or flavodoxin play in the photosynthetic cycle of PSI?

 



 

Query 10

 

What is the overall chemical reaction that PSII performs and how much energy is available from this chemical reaction(at standard state biochemical, pH7)?


 


Feb 14

Reading 2: LHCI and  LHCII

 

      

  


 

Query 11

 

Explain the two primary absorption bands in the LH3 B800 complex?

 



 

Query 12

 

Some models of the LH1 RC complex envision the RC enveloped within the LH1 ring. In light of the overall reaction to produce a proton gradient how might this model be problematic.