Fotosíntesis
Fotosíntesis
Fotosíntesis
Cuando se ilumina un
extracto vegetal que contiene
colorante, el colorante azul
se vuelve incoloro y se
produce O2.
olet light. always at a longer wavelength (lower energy) than that
19.7 Light Absorption
of the absorbed light (see Box 12–3). An alternative
mode of decay important in photosynthesis involves
Visible
direct transfer light is electromagnetic
of excitation energy from an excited radiation
WORKED EXAMPLE 19–3 Energy of a Photon
molecule to a400 to 700 nm,
neighboring a small
molecule. Justpart of the
as the electr
photon
he light used by vascular plants for photosynthesis has of light(Fig.
is a quantumtrum energy,19–48), ranging
so the exciton is a from
quan- vio
wavelength of about 700 nm. Calculate the energy in tum of energy passed
energy of afrom an photon
single excited molecule
(a quantum to o
“mole” of photons (an einstein) of light of this wave- another molecule in aviolet
processend
called exciton transfer.than
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CFo
protones formados
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217(CFo)
kJ/mol de la
Thylakoid membrane
ATP sintasa.ofLa
so the movement subunidad
12 mol F1 (CF1)
of protons across the thyla-
koid membrane represents conservation of about 200 kJ
ATP cataliza la síntesis
of energy—enough dedrive
energy to ATP.
the synthesis of sev-
CF1
ADP + Pi eral moles of ATP (¢G¿8 5 30.5 kJ/mol). Experimental
measurements yield values of about 3 ATP per O2 pro-