Bacterial heme biosynthesis and its biotechnological application

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-127

  Frankenberg, N ^a   Moser, J ^a   Jahn, D ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLORIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COPROPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ENZYME; FERROCHELATASE; GLUTAMATE 1 SEMIALDEHYDE 2,1 AMINOMUTASE; GLUTAMATE TRANSFER RNA REDUCTASE; HEME; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEROXIDASE; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TOLYPORPHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROPORPHYRINOGEN DECARBOXYLASE; UROPORPHYRINOGEN III SYNTHASE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PORPHYRIA; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RED ALGA; SALMONELLA; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HEME; MODELS, MOLECULAR; TETRAPYRROLES;

ALGAE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOPHYTA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 1642520906     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-003-1432-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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