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The proton gradient created across the thylakoid membrane in chloroplast?

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In plant thylakoid membranes and in the membranes of photosynthetic bacteria, the light-absorbing chlorophylls are held in large multiprotein complexes called photosystems. The antenna portion of a photosystem consists of hundreds of chlorophyll molecules that light energy in the form of excited electrons.

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