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    thermoregulation and synthesis of essential molecules (such as phospholipids and heme); (b) apoptosis or programmed cell death; and (c) mediating multiple cellular signaling pathways (Ryan and Hoogenraad 2007). It is widely accepted that mitochondria and chloroplasts descended from free-living bacterial ancestors (Dyall et al. 2004). Following their acquisition by eukaryotic cells during endosymbiotic evolution, most of the genes in these organelles were either lost or transferred to the nucleus. Today, it

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    Photosynthetic eukaryotes use chloroplast to convert light energy from sun into chemical energy (ATP to NADPH). This is then stored in sugars (happens in dark reactions) and other fuels. This reaction underpins all life on earth. Light energy travelling from the sun has visible lights which consist of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet and indigo while invisible lights are ultraviolet and infrared light. In this study spinach leaves consisting living chloroplast will be isolated to investigate

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    Photosynthesis is defined as the process by which green plants manufacture their food (organic compounds) making use of carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight. It is also the synthesis of carbohydrate from sunlight, water and CO2 by the green plants. It is an endergonic and anabolic process. Bacteria show an oxygenic photosynthesis as they do not use water and do not evolve oxygen. Cyanobacteria (blue green algae) evolved oxygen first time in evolution as they show oxygenic photosynthesis

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    Introduction In this study, the focus is on the effect of a reduced quantity of light being the intensity of the light and quality of the light being the wavelengths that the chloroplast isolate of Spinach beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla) is exposed to, and whether the results indicated have a connection to the effect of the difference in lights in forests, and hence the effect on seedlings and plants underneath dense canopies and their ability to photosynthesis, therefore their photosynthetic

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    breathe. It occurs in green plants, specifically the chloroplast. There are many parts and cycles of photosynthesis and I will explain them all now. The formula for photosynthesis is CO2 + H2O+ Light  C6H12 O6(Glucose) + O2. Photosynthesis occurs in the chloroplast. The chloroplast is an organelle made up of different parts that all work together. First you have the chloroplast as a whole. Then you have the outer membrane of the chloroplast. On the inside

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    Lab Report Photosynthesis

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    Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use light to synthesize food from H2O and CO2 within the thylakoid and the stroma of the cells. In order for photosynthesis to occur, light must be present. Light reactions occur within the thylakoids of the chloroplasts by absorbing light and H2O and producing oxygen gas, ATP, or Adenosine triphosphate, and NADPH, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate. The oxygen gas is released back into the atmosphere while ATP and NADPH are inputs of the Calvin Cycle

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    origins of mitochondria and chloroplasts and their double membranes, suggesting that chloroplasts and mitochondria represent formerly free-living bacteria that were taken into a cell as an endosymbiont. Molecular evidence suggests that mitochondria developed from proteobacteria and chloroplasts from cyanobacteria. It is thought that the Prokaryotes may have entered the host cell as a parasite or source of nutrient for the host, however avoided digestion. The primitive chloroplast may have provided the

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    David Chloroplast. However, before she called him, she did her normal routine. She took nutrients from one of their cells, breaks it down and turn it into energy. This routine is also known as cellular respiration. After that, she call her David Chloroplast and thirty minutes later, David Chloroplast was in front of her house. David Chloroplast and Sophia Mitochondria came to Bacteria Garden which Sophia Mitochondria’s parents favorite place to go every weekend. When they

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    takes place on the chloroplast, and the chloroplast contains chlorophyll pigments which absorb light energy. Pigments are particular to different wavelengths. The following experiment helped determined the fastest photosynthetic reaction rate from wavelength ranging from 450, 545, 650, and 750 nm, and intensities 3, 7, 15, 35, and 150 uEinsteins/m^2/sec.

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    protein-synthesizing machinery in mitochondria and chloroplasts resemble prokaryotes. This is shown through their ribosomal RNA and the structure of the ribosomes. The ribosomes are similar in size and structure to bacterial ribosomes. fMat is always the first amino acid that is in the mitochondria and chloroplasts transcripts. The antibiotics that act by blocking protein synthesis in bacteria also block protein synthesis in mitochondria and chloroplasts. These antibiotics do not interfere with protein

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