Molecular Characterization of Magnesium Chelatase in Soybean [ (L.) Merr.].

Soybean () seed yields rely on the efficiency of photosynthesis, which is poorly understood in soybean. Chlorophyll, the major light harvesting pigment, is crucial for chloroplast biogenesis and photosynthesis. Magnesium chelatase catalyzes the insertion of Mg into protoporphyrin IX in the first committed and key regulatory step of chlorophyll biosynthesis.