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Discovery of a novel siphonaxanthin biosynthetic precursor in Codium fragile that accumulates only by exposure to blue‐green light

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Published in 2022 at "FEBS Letters"

DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14357

Abstract: Photosynthetic organisms adapt to a variety of light conditions. Codium fragile, a macrosiphonous green alga, binds a unique carbonyl carotenoid, siphonaxanthin, to its major photosynthetic light‐harvesting complexes, allowing it to utilize dim blue‐green light for… read more here.

Keywords: novel siphonaxanthin; green light; biosynthetic precursor; codium fragile ... See more keywords