Structural determination of dihydro- and tetrahydrogeranylgeranyl groups at the 17-propionate of bacteriochlorophylls-a

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 28-29, 2006, Pages 6644-6648

  Mizoguchi, Tadashi ^a   Harada, Jiro ^a   Tamiaki, Hitoshi ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll a; Chlorophyll biosynthesis; Dihydrogeranylgeranyl; NMR; Photosynthetic bacteria; Tetrahydrogeranylgeranyl

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; ESTER DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REDUCTION; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DITERPENES; ESTERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROPIONATES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 34249783578     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.11.020     Document Type: Article

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