Points of difference between photorespiration and photophosphorylation
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when it occurs:
oxphos occurs during cellular respiration ↔
photophosphorylation occurs during photosynthesis
•where it occurs: oxphos occurs inside mitochondria ↔ photophosphorylation occurs inside thylakoids (in chloroplasts)
•energy source: the energy source for oxphos is glucose ↔
the energy source for photophosphorylation sunlight.
•electron acceptor: in oxphos the final electron acceptor is molecular oxygen ↔
in photophosphorylation the final electron acceptor is NADP+
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