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Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthesis in Green Bacteria

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Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls

Part of the book series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration ((AIPH,volume 25))

Abstract

The photosynthetic green sulfur bacteria synthesize a complex mixture of bacteriochlorophylls and chlorophylls. Depending on the strain, the dominant species is bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) c, d, or e, which serves as the major light-harvesting pigment in the chlorosome antenna. Each of these BChl species occurs as a mixture of homologs differing in stereochemistry, methylation, and esterifying alcohol. In addition, BChl a is present in various protein-based antenna complexes and in the reaction centers. A third chlorophyll (Chl) species, Chl a esterified with Δ2, 6-phytadienol, functions as the primary electron acceptor in the reaction center.

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    Niels-Ulrik Frigaard, Aline Gomez Maqueo Chew, Julia A. Maresca & Donald A. Bryant

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Frigaard, NU., Maqueo Chew, A., Maresca, J.A., Bryant, D.A. (2006). Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthesis in Green Bacteria. In: Grimm, B., Porra, R.J., Rüdiger, W., Scheer, H. (eds) Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4516-6_15

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