The Alcaligenes eutrophus hemN gene encoding the oxygen-independent coproporphyrinogen III oxidase, is required for heme biosynthesis during anaerobic growth

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-60

  Lieb, Carola ^a   Siddiqui, Roman A ^a   Hippler, Birgit ^b   Jahn, Dieter ^c   Friedrich, Bärbel ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes eutrophus; Anaerobic heme biosynthesis; Denitrification; HemN

Indexed keywords

COPROPORPHYRIN; COPROPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; HEME; NITRATE; NITRITE; OXYGEN; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; HEME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0031909199     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050540     Document Type: Article

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