@inbook{6dcf02e69604412ab7c698749b04eb71,
title = "Biosynthesis of chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls in green bacteria",
abstract = "Green bacteria include chlorophototrophic members of the phyla Chlorobi, Chloroflexi, and Acidobacteria and are defined by their use of chlorosomes for light-harvesting. Despite their shared use of chlorosomes as light-harvesting antenna and their chlorophototrophic metabolic mode, these organisms exhibit a surprising diversity in their ecological and physiological characteristics. Chlorosomes contain thousands of unique chlorin molecules known as bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) c, d, e, or f that are arranged in supramolecular aggregates. Additionally, all green bacteria can synthesize BChl a, the green members of the phyla Chlorobi and Acidobacteria can synthesize chlorophyll (Chl) a, and Chloracidobacterium thermophilum uniquely synthesizes Zn-BChl a'. This review describes the biosynthetic pathways leading to the production of Chls and BChls in green bacteria. Special attention is paid to how the physiological diversity of green bacteria affects the particular combinations of biosynthetic enzymes that are used in these distantly related, chlorosome-producing bacteria.",
author = "Thweatt, {Jennifer L.} and Canniffe, {Daniel P.} and Bryant, {Donald A.}",
note = "Funding Information: D.P.C. was funded by a European Commission Marie Sk{\l}odowska-Curie Global Fellowship (660652). Studies on green bacteria in the laboratory of D.A.B. have been generously supported by the Photosynthetic Systems Program, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences (CSGB), Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the United States Department of Energy (DE-FG02-94ER20137). Funding Information: D.P.C. was funded by a European Commission Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Global Fellowship (660652). Studies on green bacteria in the laboratory of D.A.B. have been generously supported by the Photosynthetic Systems Program, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences (CSGB), Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the United States Department of Energy (DE-FG02-94ER20137). The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest concerning the contents of this article. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1016/bs.abr.2019.03.002",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780081027523",
series = "Advances in Botanical Research",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
pages = "35--89",
editor = "Bernhard Grimm",
booktitle = "Advances in Botanical Research",
address = "United States",
}