Keyword - Chlorophyll biosynthesis (KW-0149)
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Definition
Protein involved in the synthesis of chlorophylls. These photosynthetic pigments are magnesium-porphyrin complexes with a long hydrophobic terpenoid side chain (the alcohol phytol). Angiosperms have only a light-dependent pathway for chlorophyll biosynthesis, other oxygenic organisms seem to have both the light-dependent and the light-independent pathways. Non-oxygenic organisms, which make bacteriochlorophyll, only have a light-independent pathway.
Synonyms
- Chlorophyll anabolism
- Chlorophyll biosynthetic process
- Chlorophyll formation
- Chlorophyll synthesis
Category
GOi
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