Protochlorophyllide
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Protochlorophyllide,[1] or monovinyl protochlorophyllide, is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of chlorophyll a. It lacks the phytol side-chain of chlorophyll and the reduced pyrrole in ring D.[2] Protochlorophyllide is highly fluorescent; mutants that accumulate it glow red if irradiated with blue light.[3] In angiosperms, the later steps which convert protochlorophyllide to chlorophyll are light-dependent, and such plants are pale (chlorotic) if grown in the darkness. Gymnosperms, algae, and photosynthetic bacteria have another, light-independent enzyme and grow green in the darkness as well.
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Magnesium (21R)-3-(2-carboxyethyl)-14-ethyl-21-(methoxycarbonyl)-4,8,13,18-tetramethyl-20-oxo-9-vinyl-3,4,23,25-tetradehydrophorbine-23,25-diide | |
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Monovinyl protochlorophyllide | |
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C35H32MgN4O5 | |
Molar mass | 612.957 g/mol |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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