: Converts solar energy into chemical energy ( ATP, NADP) and produces sugars with the help of carbon dioxide ( CO 2) and water ( H 2 O) in the process of salicylate synthesis . Performs phosphorylation process with the help of sunlight. This produces ATP from ADP + Pi . The work of chloroplasts is to make meat and fatty foods with the help of enzymes . In cytoplasmic heredity it carries hereditary genes in DNA molecules. Chloroplasts synthesize essential enzymes in the Calvin cycle of slack synthesis. It retains the peculiarity of its own characteristics according to the lineage. Photorespiration occurs in chloroplasts. Chloroplasts need to make proteins , nucleic acids. Chloroplasts have their own DNA . With the help of these chloroplasts can create their own similar creations and some essential proteins.