Term Information

Accession
GO:0010028
Name
xanthophyll cycle
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A cyclic series of interconversions involving three xanthophylls, violoxanthin, antheraxanthin, and zeaxanthin. The xanthophyll cycle is involved in regulating energy dissipation in light harvesting complex II. Source: ISBN:0122146743
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0010028 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of xanthophyll cycle (GO:0010028)
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xanthophyll cycle [is_a relation] is_a  xanthophyll metabolic process (GO:0016122)

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MetaCyc
PWY-1141