Chlorophyll d: the puzzle resolved.

Anthony W D Larkum; Michael Kühl

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2005.06.005

Chlorophyll d: the puzzle resolved.

Anthony W D Larkum, Michael Kühl

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Abstract

Chlorophyll a (Chl a) has always been regarded as the sole chlorophyll with a role in photochemical conversion in oxygen-evolving phototrophs, whereas chlorophyll d (Chl d), discovered in small quantities in red algae in 1943, was often regarded as an artefact of isolation. Now, as a result of discoveries over the past year, it has become clear that Chl d is the major chlorophyll of a free-living and widely distributed cyanobacterium that lives in light environments depleted in visible light and enhanced in infrared radiation. Moreover, Chl d not only has a light-harvesting role but might also replace Chl a in the special pair of chlorophylls in both reactions centers of photosynthesis.
Udgivelsesdato: 2005-Aug

Original language	English
Journal	Trends in Plant Science
Volume	10
Issue number	8
Pages (from-to)	355-7
Number of pages	2
ISSN	1360-1385
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2005.06.005
Publication status	Published - 2005

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