Identification of a gene essential for protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase activity in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 38, 2010, Pages 16649-16654

  Kato, Kazushige ^a,b   Tanaka, Ryouichi ^b   Sano, Shinsuke ^a   Tanaka, Ayumi ^b   Hosaka, Hideo ^a  

^a NIPPON SODA CO LTD   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Heme; Herbicide; Protoporphyrin IX; Tetrapyrrole

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN INHIBITOR; PROTOPORPHYRIN; PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; ACIFLUORFEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITROBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSPOSON; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE TARGETING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, PLANT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NITROBENZOATES; PHYLOGENY; PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 78049279741     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1000771107     Document Type: Article

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