PHOTOSYNTHESIS

1. PBL 4: Where is the energy?

A well-known UPSI plant biologist has designed a mutant plant with no

CF1 in its chloroplast. However, the ATP synthase in the mitochondia is

complete.

FACTS IDEAS LEARNING ISSUES ACTIONS1. Well-known UPSI

plant biologist2. Mutant plants

with no CF13. ATP synthase in

the mitochondria is complete

The biologist has isolated the CF1 in the chloroplast4. The mutant plant has

different absorption of light from the normal plant

5. CF1 is the main component in the ATP synthase production

6. Other type of protein molecule replace the function of CF1

7. There is CF0 in the plant

8. Mutant plant needs no CF1 to synthesize ATP

9. What is mutation?10. What is CF1?11. What are the functions

of CF1? 12. What is ATP synthase?13. How CF1 affects plant

development?14. What is the difference

between chloroplasts and mitochondria in mutant plants?

15. Will incomplete ATP synthase produce ATPs?

16.

17. ATP synthase structures

18. The functions of each component in ATP synthase

19. The mechanisms of ATP synthesis

20. The comparisons between ATP synthase in chloroplast and mitochondria

21. Effects of lacking CF1

22. Adaptations of mutant plants

23.1.

2. PBL 4: No chlorophyll no photosynthesis?

As a plant physiologist you discovered a mutation occur in one of the

plants you have grown in the green house. After researching the

chloroplast of its leaves, you have found that the plant lacks the Light

Harvesting Complex II (LHCII).

What do you think is going to happen to the plant?

3. PBL 5: CO2 in need!

It is drought! No water is available. The sun shines brightly. Energy needs

to be produced. Starch needs to be synthesized. Ananas comosus sighs.

‘How am I going to do that?’

You are a cactus. Please help your friend, the Ananas.