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Chloroplast
- Contains two-unit membranes, outer and inner lipoprotineous membranese with intermembrane space.
- Intermembrane encloses stroma or matrix.
- Thylaknoid vesicles help in absorbing light energy and convert it to ATP.
- Stroma is the CO2 reduction site to form starch and glucose.
- Contains DNA which encodes some of the chloroplasts.
Enzyme involved: DNA polymerase, ribulose-1,5-biphosphate, Carboxylase oxygenase.