xanthophyll cycle

id: GO:0010028
name: xanthophyll cycle
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A cyclic series of interconversions involving three xanthophylls, violoxanthin, antheraxanthin, and zeaxanthin. The xanthophyll cycle is involved in regulating energy dissipation in light harvesting complex II.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016122xanthophyll metabolic process