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Chlorophyll contains the metal magnesium.
The element magnesium is part of the chemical makeup of chlorophyll along with other elements.Chlorophyll is a compound based on the element magnesium. The center of the molecule is a magnesium ion.
Chlorophyll
Magnesium is needed by plants to make the green pigment chlorophyll and to activate some enzymes. Although there may appear to be a lot of chlorophyll in plants, each chlorophyll molecule only contains one magnesium atom. The molecular weight of chlorophyll (in fact, chlorophyll a) is 893.5. The atomic weight of magnesium is 24.3. So magnesium only makes up about 2.7% of the weight of the chlorophyll. Enzymes are catalysts and are only needed in small amounts to catalyse reactions, as they are used over and over again, so only small amounts of magnesium are needed. http://www.efma.org/introduction/section01.asp
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Sulfur and then Hemoglobin contains Iron and Chlorophyll contains magnesium.
Chlorophyll contains the metal magnesium.
The element magnesium is part of the chemical makeup of chlorophyll along with other elements.Chlorophyll is a compound based on the element magnesium. The center of the molecule is a magnesium ion.
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll contains five elements: Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and lastly Magnesium.
magnesim ions are important for for chlorophyll synthesis and so are found in chloroplast
Magnesium is needed by plants to make the green pigment chlorophyll and to activate some enzymes. Although there may appear to be a lot of chlorophyll in plants, each chlorophyll molecule only contains one magnesium atom. The molecular weight of chlorophyll (in fact, chlorophyll a) is 893.5. The atomic weight of magnesium is 24.3. So magnesium only makes up about 2.7% of the weight of the chlorophyll. Enzymes are catalysts and are only needed in small amounts to catalyse reactions, as they are used over and over again, so only small amounts of magnesium are needed. http://www.efma.org/introduction/section01.asp
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Sulfur and then Hemoglobin contains Iron and Chlorophyll contains magnesium.
1) chlorophyll is made from a porphyrin ring structure, similar to heme in hemoglobin 2) chlorophyll is used for energy transfer processes (similar to the cytochrome systems of animals)
The chloroplast contains chlorophyll.
Several kinds of chlorophyll exist. The most common type is chlorophyll a, with the formula C55H72MgO5N4 showing it contains carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Algae is a protist. All algae contains chlorophyll.
The Leaf of a plant contains Chlorophyll.