Comparative functional analysis of two hypothetical chloroplast open reading frames (ycf) involved in chlorophyll biosynthesis from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 and plants

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1380-1386

  Peter, E ^a   Wallner, T ^b   Wilde, A ^b   Grimm, B ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloroplast biogenesis; Gun 4; Metabolism; Mg porphyrin; Mg protoporphyrin monomethylester cyclase; Organellar evolution; Tetrapyrrole

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ESTER; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTOPORPHYRIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN MAGNESIUM; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; ESTERS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TETRAPYRROLES;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 79958767418     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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