What is the role of ATP synthase in photosynthesis?
Correct Answer: ATP synthase ka role photosynthesis mein ATP banana hai.
- Step 1: Understand that ATP synthase is an enzyme found in the chloroplasts of plant cells.
- Step 2: Know that photosynthesis has two main stages: light reactions and the Calvin cycle.
- Step 3: Focus on the light reactions, which occur in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts.
- Step 4: During the light reactions, sunlight is captured and used to split water molecules, releasing oxygen.
- Step 5: This process creates a flow of protons (H+ ions) across the thylakoid membrane.
- Step 6: ATP synthase uses the energy from this flow of protons to combine ADP (adenosine diphosphate) and inorganic phosphate (Pi).
- Step 7: The combination of ADP and Pi forms ATP (adenosine triphosphate), which is an energy carrier.
- Step 8: ATP produced by ATP synthase is then used in the Calvin cycle to help convert carbon dioxide into glucose.
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