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plastoquinone

[ plas-toh-kwuh-nohn, -kwin-ohn ]

noun

Biochemistry.
  1. a quinone that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and functions as an electron carrier during photosynthesis.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plastoquinone1

1955–60; (chloro)plast or plast(id) + -o- + quinone

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