The Light Reaction

The light-dependent reactions, or light reactions, are the first stage of photosynthesis, the process by which plants capture and store energy from sunlight. In this process, light energy is converted into chemical energy, in the form of the energy-carrying molecules ATP and NADPH. In the light-independent reactions (also called dark reactions, by convention, as they are driven by products of light, ATP and NADPH-it should not be misunderstood that they occur in dark or they are independent of the need of light), the formed NADPH and ATP drive the reduction of CO2 to more useful organic compounds, such as glucose.

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• photophosphorylation
• Photosystem
• plastoquinone
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• Cytochrome
• b6f
• P680
• P700
• plastocyanin
• ferredoxin

[piratequeen11]

Thanks for posting. Seeing an actual model and hearing someone say how it works, helps me understand and remember the process of photosynthesis then just reading it out from a book.

[IMissEsmee]

This one actually helps me understand way better than others