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plastoquinone noun. M20.
[from CHLORO)PLAST + -O- + QUINONE.]
Biochemistry. Any of a homologous series of compounds which have a quinone nucleus with a terpenoid side-chain, esp. one of these involved in electron transfer during photosynthesis in the chloroplasts of plants.