Q. The Z scheme of electron transport is

A) Cyclic photophosphorylation
B) Non-cyclic photophosphorylation
C) Both (a) and (b)
D) Where only photosystem pigment-I is involved
Explanation

Scheme of transfer of electrons, starting from the PS-II, uphill to the acceptor, down the electron transport chain to PS-I, excitation of electrons, transfer to another acceptor and finally down hill to $NADP^{+}$ causing it to be reduced to $NADPH + H^{+}$ is called the Z scheme, due to its characteristic shape. This shape is formed when all the carriers are placed in a sequence on a redox potential scale

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