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Name one way photosystem 2 and photosystem 1 are similar and one way they are different.

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Answer:

They both have an active centre, but photosystem 1 has an iron-sulphur reaction centre.

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Both photosystems have multi-protein complexes with pigments, and an electron transport chain, in their thylakoid membranes reaction centers that harvest energy from light photons and used for photosynthesis.


The difference is that Photosystem II has a quinone-type reaction center while that of photosystem I have an iron-sulfur (Fe-S)-type. Additionally, in the electron chain reaction, photosystem I pass the electron to ferredoxin, while Photosystem II contains plastoquinone, which passes the energetic electron to cytochromes b6 and f.




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