Dept. of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., V5A 1S6, Canada
Abstract:
Chlorophylls a,b and chlorophyllides a,b were isolated from pea chloroplasts as pheophorbides a,b following the administration of acid. Relative pool sizes suggest that chlorophyllide b precedes chlorophyll b and does not arise from the latter by the action of chlorophyllase.