Chlorophyll b

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Chlorophyll b
Structure of β-Chlorophyll
Names
IUPAC name
Chlorophyll b
Systematic IUPAC name
Magnesium oxy}propyl)-9-vinyl-21-phorbinecarboxylatato(2-)-κ2N,N′]
Other names
β-Chlorophyll
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.007.522 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 208-272-4
E number E140 (colours)
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C55H71N4O6.Mg/c1-12-38-35(8)42-27-43-36(9)40(23-24-48(61)65-26-25-34(7)22-16-21-33(6)20-15-19-32(5)18-14-17-31(3)4)52(58-43)50-51(55(63)64-11)54(62)49-37(10)44(59-53(49)50)28-46-39(13-2)41(30-60)47(57-46)29-45(38)56-42;/h12,25,27-33,36,40,51H,1,13-24,26H2,2-11H3,(H-,56,57,58,59,60,62);/q-1;+2/p-1/b34-25+;/t32-,33-,36+,40+,51-;/m1./s1 checkY
    Key: NSMUHPMZFPKNMZ-VBYMZDBQSA-M checkY
  • InChI=1S/C55H72N4O6.Mg/c1-12-38-35(8)42-27-43-36(9)40(23-24-48(61)65-26-25-34(7)22-16-21-33(6)20-15-19-32(5)18-14-17-31(3)4)52(58-43)50-51(55(63)64-11)54(62)49-37(10)44(59-53(49)50)28-46-39(13-2)41(30-60)47(57-46)29-45(38)56-42;/h12,25,27-33,36,40,51H,1,13-24,26H2,2-11H3,(H2,56,57,58,59,60,62);/q;+2/p-2/b34-25+;/t32-,33-,36+,40+,51-;/m1./s1
    Key: MSLKMRUEVOYOOZ-VBYMZDBQSA-L
  • CCC1=C(C2=NC1=CC3=C(C4=C((C(=C43)C5=NC(=CC6=NC(=C2)C(=C6C)C=C)(5CCC(=O)OC/C=C(\C)/CCC(C)CCC(C)CCCC(C)C)C)C(=O)OC))C)C=O.
Properties
C55H70MgN4O6
Molar mass 907.492 g·mol−1
Appearance Green
Odor Odorless
Melting point ~ 125 °C (257 °F; 398 K)
Insoluble
Solubility Very soluble in ethanol, ether, pyridine
Soluble in methanol
Absorbance See text
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa).
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The absorption spectrum of both the chlorophyll a and the chlorophyll b pigments. The use of both together enhances the size of the absorption of light for producing energy.

Chlorophyll b is a form of chlorophyll. Chlorophyll b helps in photosynthesis by absorbing light energy. It is more soluble than chlorophyll a in polar solvents because of its carbonyl group. Its color is green, and it primarily absorbs blue light.

In land plants, the light-harvesting antennae around photosystem II contain the majority of chlorophyll b. Hence, in shade-adapted chloroplasts, which have an increased ratio of photosystem II to photosystem I, there is a higher ratio of chlorophyll b to chlorophyll a. This is adaptive, as increasing chlorophyll b increases the range of wavelengths absorbed by the shade chloroplasts.

Structure of chlorophyll b molecule showing the long hydrocarbon tail

Biosynthesis

Main article: Chlorophyllide

The Chlorophyll b biosynthetic pathway utilizes a variety of enzymes. In most plants, chlorophyll is derived from glutamate and is synthesised along a branched pathway that is shared with heme and siroheme. The initial steps incorporate glutamic acid into 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA); two molecules of ALA are then reduced to porphobilinogen (PBG), and four molecules of PBG are coupled, forming protoporphyrin IX.

Chlorophyll synthase is the enzyme that completes the biosynthesis of chlorophyll b by catalysing the reaction EC 2.5.1.62

chlorophyllide b + phytyl diphosphate chlorophyll b + diphosphate

This forms an ester of the carboxylic acid group in chlorophyllide b with the 20-carbon diterpene alcohol phytol.

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