Identification of an 8-vinyl reductase involved in bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis in Rhodobacter sphaeroides and evidence for the existence of a third distinct class of the enzyme

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 450, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 397-405

  Canniffe, Daniel P ^a   Jackson, Philip J ^a   Hollingshead, Sarah ^a   Dickman, Mark J ^a   Hunter, C Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

8 vinyl reductase; Bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis; Chlorophyll; Photosynthesis; Rhodobacter sphaeroides; Synechocystis sp PCC6803

Indexed keywords

8 VINYL REDUCTASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; GENES, BACTERIAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 84874037609     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20121723     Document Type: Article

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