Keyword
Chlorophyll biosynthesis
| 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. |
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| Synonyms |
Chlorophyll anabolism
Chlorophyll biosynthetic process
Chlorophyll formation
Chlorophyll synthesis
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| Category |
› Biological process
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| GO | › chlorophyll biosynthetic process [ GO:0015995 ]
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