How do light, reaction centers, antennae complexes, and bacteriochlorophyll together cause an electron to have a...

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How do light, reaction centers, antennae complexes, andbacteriochlorophyll together cause an electron to have a very low E(i.e. a negative number with a large absolute value) inphotophosphorylation?

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Ans The light dependent reactions use light energy to make two molecules needed for the next stage of photosynthesis the energy storage molecule ATP and the reduced electron carrier NADPH In plants the light reactions take place in the thylakoid membranes of organelles called chloroplasts There are two types of photosystems photosystem I PSI and photosystem II PSII Both photosystems contain many pigments that help collect light energy as well as a special pair of chlorophyll molecules found at the core reaction center of the    See Answer
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