Functional analysis of the hemK gene product involvement in protoporphyrinogen oxidase activity in yeast

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 175-182

  Le Guen, Laurence ^a   Santos, Renata ^a   Camadro, Jean Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Heme biosynthesis; HemG; HemK; Protoporphyrinogen oxidase; Yeast

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033040799     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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