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Pheophytin pheophorbide hydrolase (pheophytinase) is involved in chlorophyll breakdown during leaf senescence in Arabidopsis.

The Plant cell - 1 Mar 2009

Schelbert Silvia, Aubry Sylvain, Burla Bo, Agne Birgit, Kessler Felix, Krupinska Karin, Hörtensteiner Stefan

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During leaf senescence, chlorophyll is removed from thylakoid membranes and converted in a multistep pathway to colorless breakdown products that are stored in vacuoles. Dephytylation, an early step of this pathway, increases water solubility of the breakdown products. It is widely accepted that chlorophyll is converted into pheophorbide via chlorophyllide. However, chlorophyllase, which converts chlorophyll to...

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PMID: 19304936
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.064089
PMCID: PMC2671698

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