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The Light-Dependent and Light-Independent Reduction of Protochlorophyllide a to Chlorophyllide a

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Two different pathways for protochlorophyllide a (Pchlide) reduction in photosynthetic organisms have been proved: one is strictly light-dependent whereas the second is light-independent. Both pathways occur in all photosynthetic cells except in angiosperms which form chlorophyll only through the light-dependent pathway. Most cells belonging to Eubacteria (i.e., the anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria) synthesize bacteriochlorophyll through the light-independent pathway. This review deals with the physiological, biochemical, and molecular biological features of molecules involved in both pathways of Pchlide reduction.

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Schoefs, B. The Light-Dependent and Light-Independent Reduction of Protochlorophyllide a to Chlorophyllide a. Photosynthetica 36, 481–496 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007002101856

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