The Pseudomonas aeruginosa nirE gene encodes the S-adenosyl-L-methionine- dependent uroporphyrinogen III methyltransferase required for heme d1 biosynthesis

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 5973-5982

  Storbeck, Sonja ^a   Walther, Johannes ^a   Müller, Judith ^a   Parmar, Vina ^b   Schiebel, Hans Martin ^a   Kemken, Dorit ^c   Dülcks, Thomas ^c   Warren, Martin J ^b   Layer, Gunhild ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heme d1 biosynthesis; Precorrin 2; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; SAM dependent uroporphyrinogen III methyltransferase; Uroporphyrinogen III

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; COBALAMIN; HEME; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROPORPHYRINOGEN III METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEME; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; UROPORPHYRINOGENS; UROPORPHYRINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 70349484667     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07306.x     Document Type: Article

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