Twenty years ago, the molecular basis for the seasonal disappearance of chlorophyll was still enigmatic. In the meantime, our knowledge on chlorophyll breakdown has grown considerably. As outlined here, it has been possible to decipher the basic transformations involved in natural chlorophyll breakdown by identification of chlorophyll catabolites in higher plants, and with the help of the synth...

In vitro chlorophyll a degradation by horseradish peroxidase in the presence of the resorcinol was investigated in this paper, and the influence of pH and temperature was particularly studied. Chlorophyll a degradation was followed by UV–Vis and HPLC. Chlorophyll a was degraded when hydrogen peroxide was added into reaction mixture containing chlorophyll fraction, horseradish peroxidase, resorc...

This work presents the utilization of MODIS data for mapping chlorophyll spatial distribution along east coast of Malaysia. Four algorithms have involved in this study which were Aiken’ algorithm, Clark-3-Bands algorithm, Gordon algorithm and Normalized Difference Chlorophyll Index (NDCI) algorithm. In this study, the maximum amount of chlorophyll concentration value of 0.38 mg m occurred durin...

Microalgae oil is an optimal feedstock for nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and biodiesel production, but its high levels of chlorophyll limit its large-scale application. To date, few effective approaches have been developed to remove chlorophyll from microalgae oil. The main purpose of this study was to present a preprocessing method of algae oil feedstock (Scenedesmus) to remove chlorophyll by ...

Chlorophyll degradation is vital during leaf senescence and fruit ripening, as it allows for recycling of nitrogen and other nutrients and for protection from buildup of phototoxic chlorophyll intermediates (Hörtensteiner, 2006). The first steps in chlorophyll breakdown are the removal of the phytol tail (dephytylation) and the central Mg atom. It has been thought that dephytylation typically o...

Fruit color-break is the visual manifestation of the developmentally regulated transition of chloroplasts to chromoplasts during fruit ripening and often involves biosynthesis of copious amounts of carotenoids concomitant with massive breakdown of chlorophyll. Regulation of chlorophyll breakdown at different physiological and developmental stages of the plant life cycle, particularly at fruit c...

Efficient assembly and repair of the oxygen-evolving photosystem II (PSII) complex is vital for maintaining photosynthetic activity in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. How chlorophyll is delivered to PSII during assembly and how vulnerable assembly complexes are protected from photodamage are unknown. Here, we identify a chlorophyll and β-carotene binding protein complex in the cyanobacterium ...