Evolution of Chlorophyll Degradation: The Significance of RCC Reductase
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Plant Biology
- Vol. 2 (1) , 63-67
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2000-9149
Abstract
In angiosperms the key process of chlorophyll breakdown in senescing leaves is catalyzed by pheophorbide a oxygenase and RCC reductase which, in a metabolically channeled reaction, cleave ...Keywords
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