Chloroplast
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chloroplast-164-18775539
title:
Chloroplast
text:
A chloroplast is a type of membrane-bound organelle known as a plastid that conducts photosynthesis mostly in plant and algal cells. The photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll captures the energy from sunlight, converts it, and stores it in the energy-storage molecules ATP and NADPH while freeing oxygen from water in the cells. The ATP and NADPH is then used to make organic molecules from carbon dioxide in a process known as the Calvin cycle. Chloroplasts carry out a number of other functions, inclu
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Plant organelle that conducts photosynthesis
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroplast
date created:
2001-09-25T20:54:53Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T15:18:41Z
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