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3D model (
JSmol)
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ChEBI | |
ChemSpider | |
PubChem
CID
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CompTox Dashboard (
EPA)
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C54H70MgO6N4 | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Chlorophyll d (Chl d) is a form of chlorophyll, identified by Harold Strain and Winston Manning in 1943. [1] It was unambiguously identified in Acaryochloris marina in the 1990s. [2] It is present in cyanobacteria which use energy captured from sunlight for photosynthesis. [3] Chl d absorbs far-red light, at 710 nm wavelength, just outside the optical range. [4] An organism that contains Chl d is adapted to an environment such as moderately deep water, where it can use far red light for photosynthesis, [5] although there is not a lot of visible light. [6]
Chl d is produced from chlorophyllide d by chlorophyll synthase. Chlorophyllide d is made from chlorophyllide a, but the oxygen-using enzyme that performs this conversion remains unknown as of 2022. [7]
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Ball-and-stick model | Space-filling model |
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Identifiers | |
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3D model (
JSmol)
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ChEBI | |
ChemSpider | |
PubChem
CID
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UNII | |
CompTox Dashboard (
EPA)
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Properties | |
C54H70MgO6N4 | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
|
Chlorophyll d (Chl d) is a form of chlorophyll, identified by Harold Strain and Winston Manning in 1943. [1] It was unambiguously identified in Acaryochloris marina in the 1990s. [2] It is present in cyanobacteria which use energy captured from sunlight for photosynthesis. [3] Chl d absorbs far-red light, at 710 nm wavelength, just outside the optical range. [4] An organism that contains Chl d is adapted to an environment such as moderately deep water, where it can use far red light for photosynthesis, [5] although there is not a lot of visible light. [6]
Chl d is produced from chlorophyllide d by chlorophyll synthase. Chlorophyllide d is made from chlorophyllide a, but the oxygen-using enzyme that performs this conversion remains unknown as of 2022. [7]
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Ball-and-stick model | Space-filling model |