Q28 · CSIR-NET Chemistry, June 2012

Paper: CSIR-NET June 2012 · Subject: Inorganic Chemistry · Chapter: Bioinorganic Chemistry · Topic: Iron Sulfur Proteins · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium

In the photosynthetic systems the redox metalloproteins involved in electron transfer are cytochrome (cyt, b), cytochrome bf complex (cyt bf) and plastocyanin (PC). The pathway of electron flow is
(a)PC → cyt b → cyt bf
(b)cyt bf→ cyt b→ PC
(c)cyt b → cyt bf →PC
(d)PC → cyt bf → cyt b
Answer
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Explanation
In the photosynthetic chain electrons pass from cytochrome b through the cytochrome b₆f complex to plastocyanin, which delivers them to photosystem I.

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