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Metabolism of phytols. Degradation of chlorophyll produces phytol; phosphorylation of phytol by VTE5 and VTE6 produces phytyl-diphosphate, a precursor of tocopherol synthesis. Arrows show the changes in levels of each intermediate in the indicated mutants. R(Mg), chlorophyllide; R(H2), pheophorbide. (Based on vom Dorp et al. [2015], Figure 9.)
