Discovery of pheophytin function in the photosynthetic energy conversion as the primary electron acceptor of Photosystem II.
This minireview describes the discovery of participation of pheophytin, a metal-free derivative of chlorophyll, in the early steps of photosynthetic solar energy conversion as the primary electron acceptor of Photosystem II.
Klimov
Vyacheslav V
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Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290, Russia, klimov@issp.serpukhov.su.