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Chlorophyll C Pigments And Their Distribution In The Chromophyte Algae

S. W. Jeffrey

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Abstract The presence of chlorophyll c is a basic characteristic of the Chromophyte algae. Two light-harvesting chlorophyll c species are known, c 1 and c 2, which differ from all other chlorophylls in being porphyrin rather than chlorin derivatives. Structural similarities to the known chlorophyll a precursors, Mg 2,4-divinyl pheophorphyrin a 5 monomethyl ester (Mg 2,4D) and protochlorophyllide a, suggest that chlorophyll c biosynthesis may occur as a closely related branch of the biosynthetic pathway to chlorophyll a.

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Key concepts: Protochlorophyllide, Chlorophyll, Chlorophyll c, Algae, Chlorin, Chlorophyll a, Pigment, Porphyrin