Abstract
Although chlorophyll a is the essential pigment for photosynthesis in all algae and higher plants, its organization within thy lakoid membranes and associations with different antenna pigments vary widely in different groups of plants. In general, most of the chlorophyll is bound to at least two or three different proteins. One of these proteins is closely associated with the reaction center of Photosystem I (PSI), another with PSII, and a third with other antenna pigments such as Chl b, Chl c, fucoxanthin or peridinin. To understand fully the light-absorbing steps in photosynthesis, we need to know more precisely how Chl a is attached to each of these different proteins. By comparing spectral characteristics of Chl-proteins isolated from diverse algal groups, we hope to distinguish the common and perhaps essential nature of the photoreactive pigments.
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Brown, J.S. (1984). Unusual Pigments in a Primitive Green Alga. In: Sybesma, C. (eds) Advances in Photosynthesis Research. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6368-4_4
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