Expression and characterization of cyanobacterium heme oxygenase, a key enzyme in the phycobilin synthesis: Properties of the heme complex of recombinant active enzyme

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 687-698

  Migita, Catharina T ^a   Zhang, Xuhong ^b   Yoshida, Tadashi ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium heme oxygenase isoform 1; EPR; Heme complex; Protein expression; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BILIVERDIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; HEME DERIVATIVE; HEME OXYGENASE; HEMIN; HISTIDINE; IRON DERIVATIVE; LIGAND; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PHYCOBILIN; PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BILIVERDINE; CATALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HEME OXYGENASE-1; HEMIN; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADPH-FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE; PHYCOBILINS; PHYCOCYANIN; PYRROLES; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TETRAPYRROLES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0037294701     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03421.x     Document Type: Article

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