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Elucidation of Genetic Backgrounds Necessary for Chlorophyll a Biosynthesis Toward Artificial Creation of Oxygenic Photosynthesis

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ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES
Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 367-369

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-015-9446-1

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Anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria; Bacteriochlorophyll; Chlorophyll; Oxygenic photosynthesis

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  1. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26840099, 15H01063, 25282229] Funding Source: KAKEN

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We succeeded to create the genetically modified purple photosynthetic bacterium capable of synthesizing chlorophyll a. The results indicate that not only chlorophyll synthase, but also an enzyme for galactolipid synthesis and reaction center proteins are required for accumulating chlorophyll a.

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