A photo-active pigment localized in prolamellar bodies occurring within the proplastids of dark-grown bean leaves. In the process of photoconversion, the highly fluorescent protochlorophyllide is converted to chlorophyll.
Also Known As:
MV-PChlide; Monovinyl Protochlorophyllide; MV PChlide; Protochlorophyllide, Monovinyl; Protochlorophyllide A; Magnesate(1-), (3,4-didehydro-9-ethenyl-14-ethyl-21-(methoxycarbonyl)-4,8,13,18-tetramethyl-20-oxo-3-phorbinepropanoato(3-)-N23,N24,N25,N26)-, hydrogen, (SP-4-2)-