Advances in the members and biosynthesis of chlorophyll family

Living off the Sun: chlorophylls, bacteriochlorophylls and rhodopsins

(2018) A. W. D. Larkum et al.   PHOTOSYNTHETICA

Aerobic Enzymes and Their Radical SAM Enzyme Counterparts in Tetrapyrrole Pathways

(2018) Bin Li et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The C21-formyl group in chlorophyllforiginates from molecular oxygen

(2017) Harsh Garg et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Chlorophylls d and f and their role in primary photosynthetic processes of cyanobacteria

(2016) S. I. Allakhverdiev et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY-MOSCOW

Reduction Processes in Biosynthesis of Chlorophyll Molecules: Chemical Implication of Enzymatically Regio- and Stereoselective Hydrogenations in the Late Stages of Their Biosynthetic Pathway

(2016) Hitoshi Tamiaki et al.   BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Synthetic Chlorins, Possible Surrogates for Chlorophylls, Prepared by Derivatization of Porphyrins

(2016) Masahiko Taniguchi et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

BciD Is a RadicalS-Adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) Enzyme That Completes BacteriochlorophyllideeBiosynthesis by Oxidizing a Methyl Group into a Formyl Group at C-7

(2016) Jennifer L. Thweatt et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

In vitro stereospecific hydration activities of the 3-vinyl group of chlorophyll derivatives by BchF and BchV enzymes involved in bacteriochlorophyll c biosynthesis of green sulfur bacteria

(2016) Misato Teramura et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

High temperature specifically affects the photoprotective responses of chlorophyll b-deficient wheat mutant lines

(2016) Marian Brestic et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

In VitroAssays of BciC Showing C132-Demethoxycarbonylase Activity Requisite for Biosynthesis of Chlorosomal Chlorophyll Pigments

(2016) Misato Teramura et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Broadened Substrate Specificity of 3-Hydroxyethyl BacteriochlorophyllideaDehydrogenase (BchC) Indicates a New Route for the Biosynthesis of Bacteriochlorophylla

(2015) Christiane Lange et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Chloroplast Genome Evolution in the Euglenaceae

(2015) Matthew S. Bennett et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Stereochemical conversion of C3-vinyl group to 1-hydroxyethyl group in bacteriochlorophyllcby the hydratases BchF and BchV: adaptation of green sulfur bacteria to limited-light environments

(2015) Jiro Harada et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Synthesis of chlorophyll-c derivatives by modifying natural chlorophyll-a

(2015) Meiyun Xu et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Rhodobacter sphaeroides mutants overexpressing chlorophyllide a oxidoreductase of Blastochloris viridis elucidate functions of enzymes in late bacteriochlorophyll biosynthetic pathways

(2015) Yusuke Tsukatani et al.   Scientific Reports

Chlorophyll Modifications and Their Spectral Extension in Oxygenic Photosynthesis

(2014) Min Chen   Annual Review of Biochemistry

Elucidation of the preferred routes of C8-vinyl reduction in chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis

(2014) Daniel P. Canniffe et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

ChlorophyllideaOxidoreductase Works as One of the Divinyl Reductases Specifically Involved in BacteriochlorophyllaBiosynthesis

(2014) Jiro Harada et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Natural strategies for photosynthetic light harvesting

(2014) Roberta Croce et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Internal and external factors affecting photosynthetic pigment composition in plants: a meta-analytical approach

(2014) Raquel Esteban et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Extensive remodeling of a cyanobacterial photosynthetic apparatus in far-red light

(2014) F. Gan et al.   SCIENCE

Characterization of BciB: A Ferredoxin-Dependent 8-Vinyl-Protochlorophyllide Reductase from the Green Sulfur Bacterium Chloroherpeton thalassium

(2013) Allison H. Saunders et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Structure of Chlorophyll f

(2013) Robert D. Willows et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

An unexpectedly branched biosynthetic pathway for bacteriochlorophyll b capable of absorbing near-infrared light

(2013) Yusuke Tsukatani et al.   Scientific Reports

Metabolic Engineering of the Chl d-Dominated Cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina: Production of a Novel Chl Species by the Introduction of the Chlorophyllide a Oxygenase Gene

(2012) Tohru Tsuchiya et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Bacteriochlorophyll f: properties of chlorosomes containing the “forbidden chlorophyll”

(2012) Kajetan Vogl et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Identification of a Gene Essential for the First Committed Step in the Biosynthesis of Bacteriochlorophyllc

(2011) Zhenfeng Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Expanding the solar spectrum used by photosynthesis

(2011) Min Chen et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

18O Labeling of ChlorophylldinAcaryochloris marinaReveals That Chlorophyllaand Molecular Oxygen Are Precursors

(2010) Martin Schliep et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

In vitro synthesis and characterization of bacteriochlorophyll-f and its absence in bacteriochlorophyll-e producing organisms

(2010) Hitoshi Tamiaki et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Singlet and triplet excited state properties of natural chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls

(2010) Dariusz M. Niedzwiedzki et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Divinyl Chlorophyll(ide) a Can Be Converted to Monovinyl Chlorophyll(ide) a by a Divinyl Reductase in Rice

(2010) P. Wang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A Red-Shifted Chlorophyll: Fig. 1

(2010) Min Chen et al.   SCIENCE

A viewpoint: Why chlorophyll a?

(2009) Lars Olof Björn et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH