Mechanism of the ring contraction process in vitamin B12 biosynthesis by the anaerobe Propionibacterium shermanii under aerobic conditions

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3475-3481

  Iida, Katsumi ^a   Ohtaka, Kuniaki ^a   Kajiwara, Masahiro ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

amino 1 13C,1,1,4 18O3 levulinic acid; 13C NMR; Biosynthesis; Propionibacterium shermanii; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CARBON; CYANOCOBALAMIN; GAMMA LACTONE DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ANAEROBE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS DENITRIFICANS FLUORESCENS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM FREUDENREICHII SHERMANII;

AMIDES; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CARBON; CATALYSIS; LACTONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXYGEN; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; VITAMIN B 12;

PROPIONIBACTERIUM FREUDENREICHII SUBSP. SHERMANII; PSEUDOMONAS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 34347405925     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05880.x     Document Type: Article

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