Q. Which activity is performed by PS-I in light reaction?

A) Reduction of NADPH
B) Reduction of $NADP^{+}$
C) Oxidation of $NADP^{+}$
D) Oxidation of NAD
Explanation

Reduce $NADP^{+}$. Light reaction begins with the PS-II. In photosystem-II the reaction centre chlorophyll-a absorb 680 nm. wavelength of red light causing electrons to become excited and jump into orbit further from the nucleus. These electrons are picked up by an electron acceptor, which passes them to an electron system consisting of cytochromes. The movement of electrons in ETS of photosynthesis is down hill in terms of oxidation reduction or redox potential scale. The electrons are not used up as they pass through the electron transport chain, but they passed on the pigments of photosystem I. Simultaneously, electrons in the reaction centre of PS-I are also excited, when they receive red light of wavelength 700 nm and are transferred to another acceptor molecule that has greater redox potential. These electrons than are moved down hill again this time to a molecule of energy rich $NADP^{+}$. The addition of these electrons reduces the $NADP^{+}$ to $NADPH + H^{+}$

Dr. Abubacker
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