During light dependent reactions, light energy is converted to chemical potential energy through the process of chemiosmosis in the chloroplasts. Which of the following statements about this process is false?
(I) The electron carriers of phosphorylation are located in the thylakoid.
(II) During phosphorylation, the chloroplast stroma becomes more acidic than the interior of thylakoid membrane.
(III) Protons diffuse through the protein channels which are
synthetase molecules.
(IV)
is formed from
on the stroma side of the thylakoid in the chloroplast.
(V) During phosphorylation, water ionises to form
, yielding an
to PS-II.
Text Solution
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Only statement II is incorrect and can be corrected as
During phosphorylation, the chloroplast stroma becomes less acidic than the interior of thylakoid membrane. Rest other statements are correct.
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