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Briefly explain the following terms: Photophosphorylation
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Solution
Photophosphorylation:
The process by which a phosphate moiety is added to an ADP molecule using light energy to form an energy-rich ATP molecule is known as photophosphorylation. In photosynthetic plants, photophosphorylation occurs by two pathways—cyclic and non-cyclic.
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