Structure and function of enzymes in heme biosynthesis

Protein Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1137-1161

  Layer, Gunhild ^a   Reichelt, Joachim ^b   Jahn, Dieter ^a   Heinz, Dirk W ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Heme biosynthesis; Metabolic pathway; Porphyrin; Structure

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; COPROPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; ENZYME; FERROCHELATASE; GLUTAMATE 1 SEMI ALDEHYDE 2,1 AMINOMUTASE; GLUTAMYL TRNA REDUCTASE; HEME; OXYGEN DEPENDENT COPROPORPHYRINOGEN III OXIDASE; OXYGEN DEPENDENT PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN IX OXIDASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROPORPHYRINOGEN III DECARBOXYLASE; UROPORPHYRINOGEN III SYNTHASE;

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHLOROBIUM; CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA; COPROPORPHYRIA; DECARBOXYLATION; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HEME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TYROSINEMIA; X LINKED SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA;

ENZYMES; HEME; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 77952721977     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.405     Document Type: Review

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