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As electrons flow from one photosystem to another, the amount of energy present in the electrons decreases. how does the plant cell use the energy lost by the electrons?

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The electrons are used to generate ATP and its equivalent forms.
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The plant cell use the energy to maintain and establish a proton gradient.

The electrons flow through the elecron transport chain in the inner mitochondrial membrane producing a build-up of proton in the inner membrane space. This proton gradient is the direct source of energy for generating ATP.

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