The phrase
"photosynthetic reaction" refers to the process in which plants and some other organisms convert sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into oxygen and glucose, a type of sugar that provides energy for the organism.
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This is surprising since it means that toxic oxygen molecules formed in heat - damaged chloroplasts
during photosynthetic reactions during the light are likely not the major culprits that cause bleaching.
Nano - sized crystals of cobalt oxide, an Earth - abundant catalyst, have been shown to be able to effectively carry out the
critical photosynthetic reaction of splitting water molecules.
Photons excite the pigments, which triggers energy transfer in
the photosynthetic reaction centers.
From there, the energy is shuttled to
a photosynthetic reaction center protein that starts to channel energy from light through the photosynthetic process.
«Having a better understanding of where the energy levels are will be very helpful for establishing the structure - function relationships of
these photosynthetic reaction centers.»
The solution of the structure of
the photosynthetic reaction center from the bacterium Rhodopseudomonas viridis is described, and the structure of this membrane protein complex is correlated with its function as a light - driven electron pump across the photosynthetic membrane.
Meyer, a chemist at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and director of its Energy Frontier Research Center in Solar Fuels, noticed that two separate groups of researchers working on two separate parts of
the photosynthetic reaction happened to be using the same class of catalyst — ones with an atom of the metal ruthenium surrounded by organic molecules.
At LCLS, the researchers first illuminated their crystal samples with green photons to trigger
the photosynthetic reactions in photosystem II.
Turtle grass: Thalassia testudinum: BEACHCOMBERS TIP: While snorkeling on calm days over the Thalassia, 4 to 5» deep, if one looks carefully one can see streams of tiny bubbles of oxygen coming from
the photosynthetic reactions of the Thalassia.