Chlorophyll biosynthesis in bacteria: The origins of structural and functional diversity

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2007, Pages 113-129

  Chew, Aline Gomez Maqueo ^a   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll; Photosynthesis; Phototrophy; Tetrapyrrole

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; CHLOROPHYLL D; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHLOROBI; CHLOROFLEXI; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FIRMICUTES; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; SOLAR ENERGY;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CHLOROPHYLLIDES; PROTOPORPHYRINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CYANOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 34548512297     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.61.080706.093242     Document Type: Review

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