A light-capturing unit in a chloroplast’s thylakoid membrane has two molecules of P700 chlorophyll a at its reaction center. (It is called P700 because it most effectively absorbs light of wavelength 700 nm).Group of answer choicesphotosystemPEP carboxylasereaction-center complexprimary electron acceptorrubisco
Question
A light-capturing unit in a chloroplast’s thylakoid membrane has two molecules of P700 chlorophyll a at its reaction center. (It is called P700 because it most effectively absorbs light of wavelength 700 nm).Group of answer choicesphotosystemPEP carboxylasereaction-center complexprimary electron acceptorrubisco
Solution
The light-capturing unit in a chloroplast’s thylakoid membrane that has two molecules of P700 chlorophyll a at its reaction center is known as a photosystem.
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