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chlorophyll cycle

A cyclic series of interconversions involving chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and several chlorophyllide intermediates. [GOC:mah, MetaCyc:PWY-5068]
National Institutes of Health

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2019
2019
In vitro enzymatic activity assays implicates the existence of the chlorophyll cycle in chlorophyll b-containing cyanobacteria.
In plants, Chl a and b are interconvertible by the action of three enzymes - chlorophyllide a oxygenase, Chl b reductase (CBR… 
2017
2017
Theoretical isotopic fractionation of magnesium between chlorophylls
Magnesium is the metal at the center of all types of chlorophyll and is thus crucial to photosynthesis. When an element is… 
Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Cytokinin delays dark-induced senescence in rice by maintaining the chlorophyll cycle and photosynthetic complexes
Highlight Cytokinin induces functional stay-greenness by maintaining the Chl a/b ratios and the stability of photosynthetic… 
2015
2015
Accumulation of the NON-YELLOW COLORING 1 protein of the chlorophyll cycle requires chlorophyll b in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b are interconverted in the chlorophyll cycle. The initial step in the conversion of chlorophyll b… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Magnesium isotopic equilibrium in chlorophylls.
Photosynthesis generates ∼100 gigatons of carbon per year and drives many terrestrial geochemical cycles. Magnesium is the metal… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Biosynthesis of chlorophyll b and the chlorophyll cycle
Recent progress in the knowledge of chlorophyll b biosynthesis from chlorophyllide a and reduction of chlorophyll b to… 
1953
1953
TIME COURSE AND QUANTUM EFFICIENCY OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN CHLORELLA
1. Though the quantum yield remains constant for different samples of the same culture despite great changes in respiration due… 
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