photosynthesis with the following steps. Step 1: Absorption of sunlight and excitation of chlorophyll molecules Step 2: Transfer of energy to reaction center chlorophylls, which lose an electron and become oxidized. Step 3: Electron transfer from oxidized chlorophylls to an electron acceptor, such as a quinone molecule Step 4: Electron transfer from the quinone molecule to a chain of electron carriers, such as cytochromes, which generate a proton gradient across the thylakoid membrane Step 5: ATP synthesis by ATP synthase using the energy of the proton gradient. Step 6: Transfer of electrons from the electron carriers to the enzyme rubisco, which catalyzes the carboxylation of ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP)
DRAW a curved arrow mechanism for photosynthesis with the following steps.
Step 1: Absorption of sunlight and excitation of chlorophyll molecules
Step 2: Transfer of energy to reaction center chlorophylls, which lose an electron and become oxidized.
Step 3: Electron transfer from oxidized chlorophylls to an electron acceptor, such as a quinone molecule
Step 4: Electron transfer from the quinone molecule to a chain of electron carriers, such as cytochromes, which generate a proton gradient across the thylakoid membrane
Step 5: ATP synthesis by ATP synthase using the energy of the proton gradient.
Step 6: Transfer of electrons from the electron carriers to the enzyme rubisco, which catalyzes the carboxylation of ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP) with CO2, forming an unstable 6-carbon intermediate.
Step 7: Cleavage of the 6-carbon intermediate into two 3-carbon molecules, which are phosphorylated by ATP and reduced by NADPH to form glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (G3P)
Step 8: Conversion of G3P to glucose through a series of enzymatic steps, including isomerization, aldol condensation, reduction, and dehydration.
Step 9: Release of oxygen as a byproduct of the splitting of water molecules by photosystem II.
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