An unexpectedly branched biosynthetic pathway for bacteriochlorophyll b capable of absorbing near-infrared light

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tsukatani, Yusuke ^a,b   Yamamoto, Haruki ^c   Harada, Jiro ^d   Yoshitomi, Taichi ^a   Nomata, Jiro ^c,e   Kasahara, Masahiro ^a   Mizoguchi, Tadashi ^a   Fujita, Yuichi ^c   Tamiaki, Hitoshi ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL B; CHLOROPHYLLIDE A REDUCTASE, RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873643184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01217     Document Type: Article

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