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- noun Any of a group of pigments, especially one having the formula C55H74MgN4O6, that absorb light energy used in photosynthesis and that are found in photosynthetic bacteria that do not produce oxygen as a byproduct of photosynthesis.
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- noun biology A
photosynthetic pigment occurring in variousphototrophic bacteria , related to thechlorophylls .
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- noun a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants
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Examples
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The figure shows how the photosynthetically active components bacteriochlorophyll (BK), bacteriopheophytin (BF), quinone
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The FMO is a trimer of proteins, each of which contains seven bacteriochlorophyll-a molecules.
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In their work, the scientists have shown that that the states of these bacteriochlorophyll-a molecules could be entangled to one another.
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His team examined a bacteriochlorophyll complex found in green sulphur bacteria and discovered that the pigment molecules were similarly wired together in a quantum mechanical network.
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His team examined a bacteriochlorophyll complex found in green sulphur bacteria and discovered that the pigment molecules were similarly wired together in a quantum mechanical network.
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Chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis requires the two-electron reduction of protochlorophyllide a ringDbya protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase to form chlorophyllide a. A light-dependent (light-dependent Pchlide oxidoreductase (LPOR)) and an unrelated dark operative enzyme (dark operative Pchlide oxidoreductase (DPOR)) are known.
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue M. J. Brocker 2008
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