Xanthophyll is a pigment found in plants that helps protect the photosynthetic protein D 1 from:

A. water reactions
B. chlorophyll
C. damage by high temperatures
D. damage by excess light energy
E. membranes


D. damage by excess light energy

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a. true b. false

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