title: Chlorophyll d and Acaryochloris marina: current status.
abstract: The discovery of the chlorophyll d-containing cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina in 1996 precipitated a shift in our understanding of oxygenic photosynthesis. The presence of the red-shifted chlorophyll d in the reaction centre of the photosystems of Acaryochloris has opened up new avenues of research on photosystem energetics and challenged the unique status of chlorophyll a in oxygenic photosynthesis. In this review, we detail the chemistry and role of chlorophyll d in photosynthesis and summarise the unique adaptations that have allowed the proliferation of Acaryochloris in diverse ecological niches around the world.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences (A08), University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loughlin
authors.forename: Yuankui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016680:Genome, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D010788:Photosynthesis; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D002734:Chlorophyll; C107509:chlorophyll d