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Word: Plastoquinone
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1950s. From plast- + -o- + quinone
Definition:
Any of a homologous series of compounds which have a quinone nucleus with a terpenoid side chain; specifically one of these occurring in the chloroplasts of plants and involved in electron transfer during photosynthesis.
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