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photosystem II

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photosystem II [′fōd·ō‚sis·təm ′tü]
(biochemistry)
One of two reaction sequences of the light phase of photosynthesis in green plants which involves a pigment system excited by wavelengths shorter than 685 nanometers and which is directly involved in the splitting or photolysis of water.
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