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In photosystem-I, the first electron acceptor is:
BiologyPhotosynthesis in Higher PlantsNEETNEET 2006
Options:
  • A an iron-sulphur protein
  • B ferredoxin
  • C cytochrome
  • D plastocyanin
Solution:
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The correct answer is: an iron-sulphur protein
In photosystem I, the primary electron acceptor is probably a Fe-S protein. The reduced primary acceptor transfers the electrons to the secondary electron acceptor $\mathrm{P}_{430}$. The reduced $\mathrm{P}_{430}$ passes its electrons to ferredoxin $(\mathrm{Fd})$ present at the outer surface of the thylakoid membrane.
Related Theory
In light reaction of photosynthesis two types of photosystems are involved. PS-I consists of plenty of chlorophyll- $a$ and very less quantity of chlorophyll-b. These pigments absorb light energy and transfer it to the reaction centre - $P_{700}$ After absorbing adequate amount of light energy electron gets excited from $P_{700}$ molecule and moves to iron-sulphur protein complex, designated as $A$ (Fe-S). It gets reduced after accepting electrons. It later gives this electron to ferredoxin and gets oxidized again.

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