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Analysis of an Arabidopsis heat-sensitive mutant reveals that chlorophyll synthase is involved in reutilization of chlorophyllide during chlorophyll turnover.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Oct 2014
Lin Yao-Pin, Lee Tsung-yuan, Tanaka Ayumi, Charng Yee-yung
Abstract excerpt
Chlorophylls, the most abundant pigments in the photosynthetic apparatus, are constantly turned over as a result of the degradation and replacement of the damage-prone reaction center D1 protein of photosystem II. Results from isotope labeling experiments suggest that chlorophylls are recycled by reutilization of chlorophyllide and phytol, but the underlying mechanism is unclear. In this study, by...
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