title: Discovery of pheophytin function in the photosynthetic energy conversion as the primary electron acceptor of Photosystem II.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290, Russia, klimov@issp.serpukhov.su.
authors.forename: Vyacheslav V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Klimov