Overview of Photosynthesis

Overview of photosynthesis

Cell type	Prokaryotes		Eukaryotes
Organism	Nonoxygenic prokaryotes	Oxygenic prokaryotes	Algae	Plants
Light-reaction photophosphorylation	cyclic	noncyclic	noncyclic	noncyclic
Photosystems	PSI	PSI & PSII	PSI & PSII	PSI & PSII
Location of photosystems	chlorosome	thylakoid membrane	thylakoid membrane of chloroplast	thylakoid membrane of chloroplast
Metabolism	Calvin cycle, C-3 in most prokaryotes, or reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle, or reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway, or 3-hydroxypropionate cycle	Calvin cycle	Calvin cycle	Calvin cycle (C-3) C-4 and C-3 CAM and C-3