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plastoquinone

plastoquinone noun: a quinone, related to the carotenoids, involved in the electron transport process of photosynthesis.

Noun

plastoquinone (countable and uncountable, plural plastoquinones)

  1. a quinone, related to the carotenoids, involved in the electron transport process of photosynthesis

Forms of plastoquinone

pluralplastoquinones

Origin of plastoquinone

From plasto- + quinone.

Words formed from plastoquinone

Questions about plastoquinone

What does plastoquinone mean?
Plastoquinone means a quinone, related to the carotenoids, involved in the electron transport process of photosynthesis.
What part of speech is plastoquinone?
Plastoquinone is a noun.
What is the plural of plastoquinone?
The plural of plastoquinone is plastoquinones.

Words near plastoquinone in the dictionary

  1. plastometers
  2. plastomic
  3. plastonema
  4. plastonemas
  5. plastoquinol
  6. plastoquinone
  7. plastoquinones
  8. plastoribosome
  9. plastoribosomes
  10. plastosemiquinone
  11. plastosemiquinones

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