Claim · model-written summary
Spinach chloroplasts could not insert Mg(2+) into mesoporphyrin IX.
- Outcome
- unable to catalyse the insertion of Mg(2+) into mesoporphyrin IXe0
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Verbatim
e0“these chloroplasts were tested for their ability to form magnesium tetrapyrroles and found unable to catalyse the insertion of Mg(2+) into mesoporphyrin IX.”
Title
R. J. Porra; June Lascelles Biochemical Journal 1968. doi:10.1042/bj1080343
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