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Chloroplasts are organelles found in plant cells and eukaryotic algae that conduct photosynthesis, where the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll captures the energy from sunlight, converts it, and stores it in the energy-storage molecules ATP (adenosine triphosphate) and NADPH (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) while freeing oxygen from water.
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