Two Unrelated 8-Vinyl Reductases Ensure Production of Mature Chlorophylls in Acaryochloris marina
The major photopigment of the cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina is chlorophyll d, while its direct biosynthetic precursor, chlorophyll a, is also present in the cell. These pigments, along with the majority of chlorophylls utilized by oxygenic phototrophs, carry an ethyl group at the C-8 position...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4836224/ |