Article
Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol Facilitates Synthesis of Photoactive Protochlorophyllide in Etioplasts.
Plant physiology - 1 Aug 2017
Fujii Sho, Kobayashi Koichi, Nagata Noriko, Masuda Tatsuru, Wada Hajime
Abstract excerpt
Cotyledon cells of dark-germinated angiosperms develop etioplasts that are plastids containing unique internal membranes called prolamellar bodies (PLBs). Protochlorophyllide (Pchlide), a precursor of chlorophyll, accumulates in PLBs and forms a ternary complex with NADPH and light-dependent NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (LPOR), which allows for the rapid formation of chlorophyll after illumination...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
