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Individual Team Challenge: What is the difference between non-cyclic and cyclic photophosphorylation?
non-cyclic photophosphorylation involves photolysis where 2 electrons from every water molecule being oxidized are transferred to the chlorophyll molecule of photosystem 2. At the end of the cycle, O2, NADPH and ATP are produced.
Cyclic photophosphorylation involves the recycling of electrons. The excited electron from photosystem 1 goes through the electron transport chain but never makes it to NADP+ and instead returns to photosystem 1. No O2 nor NADPH is formed during cyclic photophosphorylation, only ATP is made.