Marjorie BooneChloroplast

Chloroplasts Chloroplasts are found in plant and algal

cells

Main roles Chloroplasts conducts

photosynthesis The photosynthetic

pigment chlorophyll captures the energy from sunlight.

Chloroplasts stores the sunlight in the energy storage molecules ATP and NADPH while freeing oxygen from water.

ATP & NADPH ATP synthase binds ADP

and P together as the hydrogen atoms.

NADP+ accepts and carries two pairs of hydrogen atoms, while becoming NADPH.

ATP and NADPH goes to the Calvin Cycle and is taken in. NADP+ and ADP is released to the light dependent reactions.

Carbon dioxide is taken in, and glucose is released in the light independent reaction.

Thylakoids

Chloroplasts have thylakoids inside of them.

On the thylakoid membranes are photosynthetic pigments, including chlorophyll.

Three types of plastid. Chromoplasts are

variously colored plastids. Mostly in tin flowers and fruits.

Chloroplasts, the presence of chlorophyll causes it to have the green plastids.

Leucoplasts is colorless and store the food of the plant body in the form of starch, protein and lipids.