Dictionary of microbiology

CYCLIC PHOTOPHOSPHORYLATION

cyclic photophosphorylation: translation

(fo\'to-fos\'for-ī-la\'shun)
The formation of ATP when light energy is used to move electrons cyclically through an electron transport chain during photosynthesis; only photosystem I participates.

  1. cyclic photophosphorylation—cyclic photophosphorylation translationProcess by which light energy absorbed by photosystem I in the chloroplast can be used to generate ATP without concomitant reductio...Dictionary of molecular biology