Photosynthesis In Higher Plants Question 223

Question: What is a quantasome

Options:

A) Particle of photosynthetic pigments

B) A macro-molecule

C) An enzyme

D) A cofactor of $ CO_2 $ assimilation

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

Grana are the sites for light reaction of photosynthesis and consist of photosynthetic unit “quantosomes” Park and Biggins (1964) gave the term quantosome for photosynthetic units is equivalent to 230 chlorophyll molecules.