Q. The movement of electrons in ETC in light reaction is?

A) Up hill in terms of redox reaction
B) Down hill in terms of redox reaction
C) Either (a) or (b)
D) Both (a) and (b)
Explanation

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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