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Photoautotrophs
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When light is absorbed by the retinal molecule, the molecule isomerises. This drives the protein to change shape and pump a proton across the membrane. The hydrogen ion gradient can then be used to generate ATP, transport solutes across the membrane, or drive a flagellar motor.
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Photoheterotrophs generate ATP using light, in one of two ways they use a bacteriochlorophyll-based reaction center, or they use a bacteriorhodopsin. The chlorophyll-based mechanism is similar to that used in photosynthesis
. Sugar is then converted into other organic molecules which can be used in cellular functions. Such a function might be, for example, respiration.
With their plastids and the help of energy from sunlight, carbon dioxide and water are converted into sugar by photosynthesis
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Photoautotrophs and photoheterotrophs are organisms that rely on light as their source of energy to carry out cellular processes.
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All phototrophs either use electron transport chains or direct proton pumping to establish an electro-chemical gradient which is utilized by ATP synthase, to provide the molecular energy currency for the cell
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Plants have structures called chloroplasts that allow them to capture the sunlight used for photosynthesis. Plants also get nutrition from water, various minerals in the soil, such as nitrogen and phosphorous, and carbon dioxide in the air. Algae are also photoautotrophs.
Conclusion
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photoautotrophs are organisms which carry out photosynthesis.
Phototrophs are the organisms that carry out photon capture to acquire energy. They use the energy from light to carry out various cellular metabolic processes. It is a common misconception that phototrophs are obligatorily photosynthetic.
out of this project the most interseting thing i learned was about how photoautotrophs are organisms and they carry out photosynthisis
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photoautotroph An autotrophic organism, such as a green plant or a photosynthetic bacterium, that synthesizes its organic materials from inorganic components using energy derived from the sun (solar energy) in the process of photosynthesis.