Answer:
In light reaction
plants trap solar radiation by photosynthetic pigments which convert light energy
into chemical energy. Main event pi light reaction is photophosphorylation, i.e.,
formation of ATP from ADP + Pi by using energy of excited electron movement
through electron transport chain, present in thylakoid membrane.
Chemiosmosis is the
movement of ions across a selectively permeable membrane, down the
electrochemical/ proton gradient.
Chemiosmosis
hypothesis of ATP formation was first proposed by Mitchell (1961) according to
which the enzyme ATP synthase generales ATP via a membrane, proton pump and proton
gradient. ATP synthase allows ions protons
to pass through membrane and proton pump.
This creates
a high cocentration of protons in
the lumen and hence diffuses across the membrane to activate ATPase, releasing
ATP molecules. One molecule of ATP is released for every two ions
passing Through ATPase.
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