Cloning, mapping and functional characterization of the hemB gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which encodes a magnesium-dependent 5-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 485-489

  Frankenberg, N ^a   Kittel, T ^b,c   Hungerer, C ^b,c   Romling U ^d   Jahn, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

5 Aminolevulinic acid dehydratase; hemB; Heme biosynthesis; Metal dependence; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; HEME; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PORPHOBILINOGEN; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE MAPPING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEME SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031888801     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050673     Document Type: Article

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