- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2021
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
NEET 2021 · Botany · Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Options
- ABoth ATP and are synthesized during non-cyclic photophosphorylation.
- BStroma lamellae have PS I only and lack NADP reductase.
- CGrana lamellae have both PS I and PS II.
- DCyclic photophosphorylation involves both PS I and PS II.
Correct answer
D. Cyclic photophosphorylation involves both PS I and PS II.
Step-by-step solution
Cyclic photophosphorylation also occurs when only light of wavelengths beyond are available for excitation. When only PS I is functional, the electron is circulated within the photosystem I, and the phosphorylation occur due to the cyclic flow of electrons. A possible location where this could be happening is in the stroma lamellae. While the membrane or lamellae of the grana have both PS I and PS II the stroma lamellae membranes lack PS II as well as NADP reductase enzyme. The excited electron does not pass on to NADP but is cycled back to the PS I complex through the electron transport chain. The cyclic flow, hence, results only in the synthesis of ATP, but not of