The bchU Gene of Chlorobium tepidum Encodes the C-20 Methyltransferase in Bacteriochlorophyll c Biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2558-2566

  Maresca, Julia A ^a   Gomez Maqueo Chew, Aline ^a   Ponsatí, Marta Ros ^a,c   Frigaard, Niels Ulrik ^a   Ormerod, John G ^b   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL C; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL D; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL E; C 20 METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENE PRODUCT; METHYL GROUP; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BCHU GENE; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM PHAEOBACTEROIDES; CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBIUM VIBRIOFORME; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT INTENSITY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RED LIGHT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CHLOROBIUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM PHAEOBACTEROIDES; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; PROSTHECOCHLORIS VIBRIOFORMIS;

EID: 1942539990     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.9.2558-2566.2004     Document Type: Article

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