Mg (II) protoporphyrin IX

Mg (II) protoporphyrin IX, essential for chlorophyll synthesis in Chlorella, functions as a negative regulator of nuclear photosynthetic gene expression and is used as a research tool for studying the signaling molecule in plastid-to-nucleus communication.

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