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Which is the best description of photophosphorylation?

the absorption of light energy by chlorophyll

the conversion of light energy to chemical energy

the removal of a phosphate group from a molecule

the conversion of ADP to ATP using light energy

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Out of the choices given, the best description of photo-phosphorylation is the conversion of ADP to ATP using light energy. The correct answer is D. 
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The answer is the conversion of ADP to ATP using light energy. Photophosphorylation occurs in the light stage of photosynthesis. There are two types of photophosphorylation; cyclic and non-cyclic. In cyclic (which occurs only in bacteria), only photosystem I is utilized in the process while in non-cyclic, both photosystems I and II are used. In non-cyclic photophosphorylation, in addition to ATP, NADH is also synthesized.

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