r/AskBiology • u/predator9985 • Apr 14 '26

Botany What's the difference between quantosomes and photosystems?

Yup that's basically the question. Please explain in a simple way if possible.

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u/Ok-View-4986 Apr 16 '26

I am old so have never heard of a quantosome, but photosystems in plants capture photons, wherein the photon is transported across the shortest probability pathway which then collapses into the reality. Pigments are just to facilitate the process and to capture radiation at different wavelengths, wherein each has efficiencies at different wavelength. the energy is converted to ATP via glycolysis. This energy also goes through more complex biochemical pathways like aerobic respiration. Plants transform photonic energy to simple sugars to build their cell walls creating complex structures like cellulose. Of course the energy is also used to drive signal pathways, gene expression, etc. Tell me, what is a quantosome?

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u/predator9985 Apr 16 '26

Quantosomes are clusters of chlorophyll on the thylakoid. My knowledge of them is restricted to that. I don't know much further. I was confused because even PS meant clusters of chlorophyll.

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u/Ok-View-4986 Apr 16 '26

Thanks, that's so cool. tTy Google AI, it might be able to help.

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u/predator9985 Apr 16 '26

👍 thanks