Structure and function of glutamyl-tRNA reductase, the first enzyme of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in plants and prokaryotes

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 205-215

  Schubert, Wolf Dieter ^a   Moser, Jürgen ^b   Schauer, Stefan ^b   Heinz, Dirk W ^a   Jahn, Dieter ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalytic mechanism; Chlorophyll; Crystal structur ; Glutamyl tRNA reductase; Heme; Tetrapyrrole biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

METHANOPYRUS KANDLERI;

EID: 0036443538     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020963711861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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