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Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Tetrapyrroles > Chlorophyll > Protochlorophyllide
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings > Tetrapyrroles > Chlorophyll > Protochlorophyllide
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Azoles > Pyrroles > Tetrapyrroles > Chlorophyll > Protochlorophyllide

Preferred term

Protochlorophyllide  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Monovinyl Protochlorophyllide
  • MV PChlide
  • MV-PChlide
  • Protochlorophyllide, Monovinyl

Note

  • a chlorophyll

Scope note

  • A photo-active pigment localized in prolamellar bodies occurring within the proplastids of dark-grown bean leaves. In the process of photoconversion, the highly fluorescent protochlorophyllide is converted to chlorophyll.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under CHLOROPHYLL 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011521

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