What is the role of ATP in photosynthesis?
What is the role of ATP in photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis:
The process by which plants make their own food in the presence of sunlight, carbon-dioxide present in the air, water, minerals, and chlorophyll present in leaves is termed photosynthesis.
Role of ATP in photosynthesis:
1. ATP synthesis by chemiosmosis occurs during photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
2. Chemiosmosis occurs in mitochondria and chloroplasts so all the plants, animals, fungi, and protists, carry out ATP synthesis by chemiosmosis.
3. Chemiosmosis also occurs in bacteria and archaea, although they do not have mitochondria or chloroplast, the proton movement occurs across the inner cell membrane, and an enzyme complex for electron transport is also present there.
4. ATP stands for adenosine triphosphate.
5. Plants store light energy in the form of ATP, which is formed by photophosphorylation.
6. The ATP thus produced is utilized in the carbon fixation process, i.e. C3 or C4 cycle.
Photosynthesis:
The process by which plants make their own food in the presence of sunlight, carbon-dioxide present in the air, water, minerals, and chlorophyll present in leaves is termed photosynthesis.
Role of ATP in photosynthesis:
1. ATP synthesis by chemiosmosis occurs during photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
2. Chemiosmosis occurs in mitochondria and chloroplasts so all the plants, animals, fungi, and protists, carry out ATP synthesis by chemiosmosis.
3. Chemiosmosis also occurs in bacteria and archaea, although they do not have mitochondria or chloroplast, the proton movement occurs across the inner cell membrane, and an enzyme complex for electron transport is also present there.
4. ATP stands for adenosine triphosphate.
5. Plants store light energy in the form of ATP, which is formed by photophosphorylation.
6. The ATP thus produced is utilized in the carbon fixation process, i.e. C3 or C4 cycle.
