A fast and reliable method to measure the activity
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The Photosynthetic Process

Fig. 2. The Z-scheme of photosynthesis

Linear electron transport in the chloroplast thylakoid membranes according to the so called 'Z-scheme'. Abbreviations: PS1 - Photosystem 1, PS2 - Photosystem 2, Pheo - pheophytin, PQ - plastoquinone, PC - plastocyanin, Fd - ferredoxin, FNR - ferredoxin:NADP-reductase.

The schematic models of the four protein complexes used in this drawing are from Allen and Forsberg, 1995.

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