Photosynthetic Pigments
Photosynthetic Pigments: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Raw Materials for Photosynthesis, Chlorophyll Pigment, Photosynthetic Pigments, Types of Chlorophyll, Xanthophylls, Carotenes, Phycobilins, Phycocyanin, and Phycoerythrin.
Important Questions on Photosynthetic Pigments
Assertion : Cyclic pathway of photosynthesis first appeared in some eubacterial species.
Reason : Oxygen started accumulating in the atmosphere after the non-cyclic pathway of photosynthesis evolved.
Is phycoerythrin present in euglena?
Is phycoerythrin present in blue-green algae?
What is the difference between phycoerythrin and phycocyanin?
What colour pigment found in phycoerythrin?
What is the function of phycoerythrin?
The reaction centre of PS-II is_____.
Chlorophyll and show maximum absorption in
Why is chlorophyll-a called essential pigment?
Which pigment is absent in chloroplast?
How many oxygen atoms are present in a chlorophyll-b molecule?
Write a note on photosynthetic pigments.
Give a brief description of chemical structure of chloroplast.
Note: There is an ambiguity in the question, hence, rectified as below.
Give a brief description of the chemical structure of chlorophyll.
Which are the pigments that take part in photosynthesis?
Which are the accessory pigments in photosynthesis?
What is the difference between chlorophyll-a and chlorophyll-b?
