CRITICAL THINKING
4. Assume a thylakoid is somehow punctured so that the interior of the thylakoid is
no longer separated from the stroma. This damage will have the most direct effect
on which of the following processes?
A. The splitting of water
B. Absorption of light energy by chlorophyll
C. The synthesis of ATP
D. The reduction of NADP
Answers
Answer:
C. The synthesis of ATP
As Thylakoid is the centre of light reaction, Thylakoid damage will affect light reaction and formation of its products.
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Option C: The synthesis of ATP
A thylakoid is a structure consisting of multiple coin like structures called grana in a vertical manner. Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) is synthesized in the thylakoids with the help of solar energy. Therefore, when a thylakoid is punctured and the interior parts are merged with the stroma, no energy production takes place.
Knowledge Bytes:
⇨ Thylakoids are the structures present inside the chloroplasts.
⇨ Generation of ATP is a light reaction.
⇨ ATP is generated by the process of oxidative phosphorylation (transfer of negatively charged particles from NADH to O2 molecules).
⇨ ATP is known as the energy currency of the cell.
Attached, is the diagram of the interior of a chloroplast.
