Oxidation of protoporphyrinogen IX in Escherichia coli is mediated by the aerobic coproporphyrinogen oxidase

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1012-1020

  Narita, S ^a   Taketani, S ^b   Inokuchi, H ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coproporphyrinogen oxidase; Enzymatic conversion; Overexpression; Porphyrin biosynthesis; Protoporphyrinogen oxidase

Indexed keywords

COPROPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; HEME; PORPHYRINOGEN; PROTOPORPHYRIN; PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HEME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COPROPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032790668     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051050     Document Type: Article

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