Protochlorophyllide, or monovinyl protochlorophyllide, is an immediate precursor of chlorophyll a that lacks the phytol side-chain of chlorophyll. Protochlorophyllide is highly fluorescent; mutants that accumulate it glow red if irradiated with blue light. In Angiosperms, the last step, conversion of protochlorophyllide to chlorophyll, is light-de...
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<plant biology> Precursor of chlorophyll, found in proplastids and etioplasts. Lacks the phytol side chain of chlorophyll. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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Precursor of chlorophyll, found in proplastids and etioplasts. Lacks the phytol side chain of chlorophyll.
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