Purification, metal cofactor, N-terminal sequence and subunit composition of a 5-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase from the unicellular green alga Scenedesmus obliquus, mutant C-2A′

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 600-608

  Stolz, Mirjam ^a   Dörnemann, Dieter ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (porphobilinogen synthase); N terminal sequence of 5 aminolevulinic acid dehydratase; Scenedesmus obliquus; Subunit composition of 5 aminolevulinic acid dehydratase; Tetrapyrrole biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GREEN ALGA; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALGAE, GREEN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATIONS, DIVALENT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MANGANESE; METALLOPROTEINS; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PISUM SATIVUM; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0029961991     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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