Heme b (protoheme IX) is a precursor of heme a and heme d in Bacillus subtilis
Författare
Summary, in English
Bacillus subtilis can synthesise cytochromes containing a-, b-, c- and d-type heme. The biosynthetic pathways of these heme prosthetic groups were investigated by using strains blocked in uroporphyrinogen III synthesis from porphobilinogen or in heme b (protoheme IX) synthesis from uroporphyrinogen III. The results strongly suggest that heme a and heme d are both synthesised from heme b (protoheme IX). They also indicate that B. subtilis contains a novel ferrochelatase involved in the synthesis of siroheme
Publiceringsår
1993
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
121-126
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
FEMS Microbiology Letters
Volym
107
Issue
1
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Oxford University Press
Ämne
- Microbiology
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Plant Biology
- Microbiology Group
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1574-6968