In terms of importance, cellular biologist Geoffrey McFadden wrote in a study published in Plant Physiology that "the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis must rank just after the origin of life itself." ...

This process, called photosynthesis, is essential to the global ... glucose to synthesize energy-rich carrier molecules, such as ATP, and carbon dioxide is produced as a waste product.

Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts found within cells. It is the chloroplasts that contain the green pigment chlorophyll which absorbs light. The plant uses this glucose to grow as well as make ...

Photosynthesis, the source of energy for most of life on Earth ... and the eventual storage of this energy in a chemical form as ATP (ATP synthase) take tens of ms. Stored solar energy in the form of ...

Photosynthesis is the process by which plants ... broken down into two stages - the light and dark reactions. NADPH and ATP generated during the light reactions fuel the formation of carbohydrates ...