Occurrence of pseudovitamin B12 and its possible function as the cofactor of cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase in a cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 518-521

  Tanioka, Yuri ^a   Yabuta, Yukinori ^b   Yamaji, Ryoichi ^c   Shigeoka, Shigeru ^d   Nakano, Yoshihisa ^c   Watanabe, Fumio ^b   Inui, Hiroshi ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Methionine synthase; Pseudovitamin B12; Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; 5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOCYANOCOBALAMIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; SYNECHOCYSTIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; COENZYME; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; COENZYMES; SYNECHOCYSTIS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 75749108287     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.55.518     Document Type: Article

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