NEET 2006
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2006
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
NEET 2006 · Botany · Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
In photosystem-I, the first electron acceptor is:
In photosystem-I, the first electron acceptor is:
Options
- Aan iron-sulphur protein
- Bferredoxin
- Ccytochrome
- Dplastocyanin
Correct answer
A. an iron-sulphur protein
Step-by-step solution
In photosystem I, the primary electron acceptor is probably a Fe-S protein. The reduced primary acceptor transfers the electrons to the secondary electron acceptor . The reduced passes its electrons to ferredoxin present at the outer surface of the thylakoid membrane.
Related Theory
In light reaction of photosynthesis two types of photosystems are involved. PS-I consists of plenty of chlorophyll- and very less quantity of chlorophyll-b. These pigments absorb light energy and transfer it to the reaction centre - After absorbing adequate amount of light energy electron gets excited from molecule and moves to iron-sulphur protein complex, designated as (Fe-S). It gets reduced after accepting electrons. It later gives this electron to ferredoxin and gets oxidized again.
