Plastoquinone
[plas-toh-kwuh-nohn, -kwin-ohn] /ˌplæs toʊ kwəˈnoʊn, -ˈkwɪn oʊn/
noun, Biochemistry.
1.
a quinone that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and functions as an electron carrier during photosynthesis.
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