Magnesium chelatase: Association with ribosomes and mutant complementation studies identify barley subunit Xantha-G as a functional counterpart of Rhodobacter subunit BchD

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-92

  Kannangara, C G ^a   Vothknecht, U C ^a,b   Hansson, M ^a   Von Wettstein, D ^a,c  

^a CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll; Chlorophyll synthesis; Complementation assay; Mg chelatase mutants; rRNA

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CHELATING AGENT; CHLOROPHYLL; DEUTEROPORPHYRIN IX; MAGNESIUM; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASTID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER; RIBOSOME;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HORDEUM; LYASES; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RIBOSOMES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; RHODOBACTER;

EID: 0030903547     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050394     Document Type: Article

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