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Which is a product of the light dependent reactions but NOT a reactant of the Calvin Cycle of photosynthesis?
carbon dioxide
NADPH
ATP
oxygen
Ans:
Oxygen
Explanation: In both cyclic and noncylic electron transport, ATP is produced when high energy electron is transfer between electron carrier (Plastoquinone→Cytochrome b6f). NADPH is produced in final step of non-cyclic electron transport where NADP+ accepts electron from FNR (ferredoxin-NADP reductase) and reduced to NADPH + H+. This NADPH and ATP are consumed in Calvin cycle. NADPH is consumed in the conversion of 1,3 bisphophoglycerate to 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde. ATP are consumed in the conversion of 3-phosphoglycerate to 1,3 bisphophoglycerate and ribulose-5-phosphate to ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate conversion. The oxygen is produced in photolysis of water, does not used in Calvin cycle. CO2 are not produced in light dependent reactions, it absorbed by plant from atmosphere.