phototrophic

Edge evidence

• phototrophic uses energy source light METPO:2000010

  Phototrophic growth uses light as the energy input.

  • DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2011.00165 use light as the energy source Supports light as the defining energy source for phototrophic bacteria.
• bacteriochlorophyll part of photosynthetic reaction center biolink:part_of

  Bacteriochlorophyll-containing complexes harvest light in many bacterial phototrophs.

  • DOI:10.1093/femsre/fuv032 bacteriochlorophyll-containing reaction centers Supports pigment-reaction-center coupling in aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs.
• light captured by photosynthetic reaction center

  Reaction centers convert absorbed light into charge separation.

  • DOI:10.1093/femsre/fuv032 harvest light energy Supports light harvesting by reaction centers.
• photosynthetic reaction center initiates photosynthetic electron transport

  Photochemical reaction centers initiate electron transport.

  • DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2011.00165 light-induced electron transport Supports reaction-center-driven photosynthetic electron transport.
• photosynthetic electron transport produces ATP METPO:2000202

  Photosynthetic electron transport produces ATP.

  • DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2011.00165 produce phosphate bond energy (ATP) Supports ATP as a product of phototrophic electron transport.
• photosynthetic electron transport produces reducing power METPO:2000202

  Photosynthetic electron transport generates reducing equivalents.

  • DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2011.00165 reductants [e.g., NAD(P)H and reduced ferredoxin] Supports reductant production by photosynthetic electron transport.
• carotenoid transfers excitation energy to bacteriochlorophyll

  Excitation energy captured by carotenoids is transferred to BChl a.

  • DOI:10.1093/femsre/fuv032 The excitation energy captured by the carotenoids is transferred within picoseconds to the BChl a molecules.
• carotenoid extends light absorption into blue-green light

  Carotenoids serve as auxiliary pigments extending absorption to the blue-green spectrum.

  • DOI:10.1093/femsre/fuv032 Carotenoids serve as auxiliary pigments which extend absorption to the blue-green part of the spectrum.
• photosynthetic electron transport forms proton motive force biolink:produces

  Photosynthetic electron transport generates a proton motive force.

  • DOI:10.1128/aem.00863-24 Along with electron transport, proton motive force (PMF) is formed.
• proton motive force powers ATP synthase complex

  Proton motive force drives ATP synthase complexes.

  • DOI:10.1128/aem.00863-24 and powers ATP synthase complexes.
• ATP synthase complex produces ATP METPO:2000202

  ATP synthase complexes generate ATP from the proton motive force.

  • DOI:10.1128/aem.00863-24 PMF powers ATP synthase complexes that synthesize ATP, the cellular energy carrier.
• rhodopsin pumps ion transport across membrane

  Rhodopsins use light to pump ions across the membrane (retinalophototrophy).

  • DOI:10.1038/s43705-023-00334-5 retinalophototrophy, which uses rhodopsins to pump ions through the membrane.