Units of photosynthetic membranes within photosynthetic membranes that each have a light-harvesting complex and a reaction center

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- Chloroplast
- Photosynthetic pigment
- Photosystems
- Light-harvesting complex
- Reaction center

Features of Photosynthesis

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A multi-membrane organelle where photosynthesis occurs in eukaryotes

Chloroplast

A pigment molecule that absorbs light energy for conversion into chemical energy

Photosynthetic pigment

Photosystems 

A group of proteins and pigments that may be excited by absorbing light energy and then transfer said energy between pigment molecules until it reaches a reaction center

Light-harvesting complex

A protein complex with a pigment molecule that oxidizes when excited by the light-harvesting pigment, losing an electron (the chemical energy product of the photosynthetic pathway)

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