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The Magnesium Branch of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis is commonly represented (1) as a linear sequence of reactions leading from protoporphyrin IX (prot0) via magnesium proto (MgP) to chlorophyll a (Chl a). In this pathway, magnesium 2, 4-divinylpheoporphyrin a 5 (MgDVP) is derived from magnesium proto monomethyl ester (MgPME) by an oxidative cyclization reaction sequence. The reduction of the 4-vinyl to a 4-ethyl group is usually shown (1) to occur during the conversion of MgDVP to protochlorophyllide (Pchlide), followed by photo-reduction of the latter to chlorophyllide (Chlide). In 1969, however, Ellsworth & Aronoff (2) detected several intermediates (1n mutants of the green alga, Chlorella) between MgPME and Pchlide which contained only a single vinyl substituent. This led them to propose that, in Chlorella, there were two parallel pathways between MgPME and Pchlide containing either monovinyl (MV) or divinyl (DV) intermediates (2, 3).
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Richards, W.R., Fung, M., Wessler, A.N., Hinchigeri, S.B. (1987). The Purification and Properties of Three Latter-Stage Enzymes of Chlorophyll Synthesis. In: Biggins, J. (eds) Progress in Photosynthesis Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0519-6_97
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