(a)
To predict: The way in which the noncyclic electron flow was affected in the hcef mutant plants as compared to normal Arabidopsis plants.
Introduction: A mutant of the Arabidopsis thaliana plant has been isolated by Livingston et al. This mutant plant, called the hcef plant because it has a higher flow of electrons in the cyclic process around the photosystem I.
(b)
To predict: The effect of mutation on the light-driven proton flux across the thylakoid membrane.
Introduction: A mutant of the Arabidopsis thaliana plant has been isolated by Livingston et al. This mutant plant, called the hcef plant because it has a higher flow of electrons in the cyclic process around the photosystem I.
(c)
To predict: The effect of the mutation on the activity of PSII.
Introduction: A mutant of the Arabidopsis thaliana plant has been isolated by Livingston et al. This mutant plant, called the hcef plant because it has a higher flow of electrons in the cyclic process around the photosystem I.
(d)
To predict: The enzyme which is defective in the mutant hcef plant that is causing a large increase in the level of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate in the stroma of the mutant plant.
Introduction: A mutant of the Arabidopsis thaliana plant has been isolated by Livingston et al. This mutant plant, called the hcef plant because it has a higher flow of electrons in the cyclic process around the photosystem I.
(e)
To predict: The way in which the starch synthesis in the stroma is affected in mutant hcef plants as compared to normal Arabidopsis plants.
Introduction: A mutant of the Arabidopsis thaliana plant has been isolated by Livingston et al. This mutant plant, called the hcef plant because it has a higher flow of electrons in the cyclic process around the photosystem I.
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