Biosynthesis of the modified tetrapyrroles—the pigments of life

A Single Mutation in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Heme-Degrading Protein, MhuD, Results in Different Products

(2019) Alex Chao et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Characterization of chlorophyll f synthase heterologously produced in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

(2019) Gaozhong Shen et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Bacterial sensors define intracellular free energies for correct enzyme metalation

(2019) Deenah Osman et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

The Hydrogenobyric Acid Structure Reveals the Corrin Ligand as an Entatic State Module Empowering B12-Cofactors for Catalysis

(2019) Christoph Kieninger et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The ChlD subunit links the motor and porphyrin binding subunits of magnesium chelatase

(2019) David A. Farmer et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Crystal Structure of Dihydro-Heme d1 Dehydrogenase NirN from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Reveals Amino Acid Residues Essential for Catalysis

(2019) Thomas Klünemann et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Reaction centers of the thermophilic microaerophile, Chloracidobacterium thermophilum (Acidobacteria) I: biochemical and biophysical characterization

(2019) Zhihui He et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Cyanobacteriochromes: photoreceptors covering the entire UV-to-visible spectrum

(2019) Keiji Fushimi et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Structure of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Heme-Degrading Protein, MhuD, Variant in Complex with Its Product

(2019) Alex Chao et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Structural basis for enzymatic photocatalysis in chlorophyll biosynthesis

(2019) Shaowei Zhang et al.   NATURE

Far-red light allophycocyanin subunits play a role in chlorophyll d accumulation in far-red light

(2019) Donald A. Bryant et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Stepwise Hydride Transfer in a Biological System: Insights into the Reaction Mechanism of the Light-Dependent Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase

(2018) Nataliya Archipowa et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Engineered biosynthesis of bacteriochlorophyll g F in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

(2018) Marcia Ortega-Ramos et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Structural Variations in Chlorosomes from Wild-Type and a bchQR Mutant of Chlorobaculum tepidum Revealed by Single-Molecule Spectroscopy

(2018) Lisa M. Günther et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

How nature designs light-harvesting antenna systems: design principles and functional realization in chlorophototrophic prokaryotes

(2018) Donald A Bryant et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS

Cryo-EM structure of the Blastochloris viridis LH1–RC complex at 2.9 Å

(2018) Pu Qian et al.   NATURE

15N photo-CIDNP MAS NMR analysis of reaction centers of Chloracidobacterium thermophilum

(2018) Jeremias C. Zill et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Photochemistry beyond the red limit in chlorophyll f–containing photosystems

(2018) Dennis J. Nürnberg et al.   SCIENCE

From Host Heme To Iron: The Expanding Spectrum of Heme Degrading Enzymes Used by Pathogenic Bacteria

(2018) Kristin V. Lyles et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Complete enzyme set for chlorophyll biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

(2018) Guangyu E. Chen et al.   Science Advances

A paralog of a bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis enzyme catalyzes the formation of 1,2-dihydrocarotenoids in green sulfur bacteria

(2018) Daniel P. Canniffe et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Rhodobacterales use a unique L-threonine kinase for the assembly of the nucleotide loop of coenzyme B12

(2018) Norbert K. Tavares et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cobalamin-dependent radical S-adenosyl-l-methionine enzymes in natural product biosynthesis

(2018) Susan C. Wang   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

In vitro demethoxycarbonylation of various chlorophyll analogs by a BciC enzyme

(2018) Misato Teramura et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Uneven distribution of cobamide biosynthesis and dependence in bacteria predicted by comparative genomics

(2018) Amanda N. Shelton et al.   ISME Journal

The Radical SAM enzyme NirJ catalyzes the removal of two propionate side chains during heme d 1 biosynthesis

(2017) Linda Boss et al.   FEBS Journal

The C21-formyl group in chlorophyllforiginates from molecular oxygen

(2017) Harsh Garg et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structure-Based Mechanism for Oxidative Decarboxylation Reactions Mediated by Amino Acids and Heme Propionates in Coproheme Decarboxylase (HemQ)

(2017) Arianna I. Celis et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Prokaryotic Heme Biosynthesis: Multiple Pathways to a Common Essential Product

(2017) Harry A. Dailey et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

PufQ regulates porphyrin flux at the haem/bacteriochlorophyll branchpoint of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis via interactions with ferrochelatase

(2017) Jack W. Chidgey et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Elucidation of the biosynthesis of the methane catalyst coenzyme F430

(2017) Simon J. Moore et al.   NATURE

In vitro enzymatic assays of photosynthetic bacterial 3-vinyl hydratases for bacteriochlorophyll biosyntheses

(2017) Misato Teramura et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Three classes of oxygen-dependent cyclase involved in chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis

(2017) Guangyu E. Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structure of a symmetric photosynthetic reaction center–photosystem

(2017) Christopher Gisriel et al.   SCIENCE

Adaptation to Blue Light in Marine Synechococcus Requires MpeU, an Enzyme with Similarity to Phycoerythrobilin Lyase Isomerases

(2017) Rania M. Mahmoud et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii LFO1 Is an IsdG Family Heme Oxygenase

(2017) Lisa J. Lojek et al.   mSphere

Total Synthesis, Structure, and Biological Activity of Adenosylrhodibalamin, the Non-Natural Rhodium Homologue of Coenzyme B12

(2016) Florian J. Widner et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Introduction of perfluoroalkyl chain into the esterifying moiety of bacteriochlorophyll c in the green sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum by pigment biosynthesis

(2016) Yoshitaka Saga et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

New biosynthetic pathway for pink pigments from uncultured oceanic viruses

(2016) Benjamin Ledermann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Hydrogen peroxide-mediated conversion of coproheme to hemebby HemQ-lessons from the first crystal structure and kinetic studies

(2016) Stefan Hofbauer et al.   FEBS Journal

The catalytic power of magnesium chelatase: a benchmark for the AAA+ATPases

(2016) Nathan B. P. Adams et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Speciation and ecological success in dimly lit waters: horizontal gene transfer in a green sulfur bacteria bloom unveiled by metagenomic assembly

(2016) Tomàs Llorens–Marès et al.   ISME Journal

Two Unrelated 8-Vinyl Reductases Ensure Production of Mature Chlorophylls in Acaryochloris marina

(2016) Guangyu E. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

GUN4-Protoporphyrin IX Is a Singlet Oxygen Generator with Consequences for Plastid Retrograde Signaling

(2016) Shabnam Tarahi Tabrizi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

BciD Is a RadicalS-Adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) Enzyme That Completes BacteriochlorophyllideeBiosynthesis by Oxidizing a Methyl Group into a Formyl Group at C-7

(2016) Jennifer L. Thweatt et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Photoheterotrophic Growth of Bacteriochlorophyll Synthase-Deficient Mutant of Rhodobacter sphaeroides Is Restored by I44F Mutant Chlorophyll Synthase of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2016) Eui-Jin Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Structure of Light-Harvesting Aggregates in Individual Chlorosomes

(2016) Lisa M. Günther et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

In vitro stereospecific hydration activities of the 3-vinyl group of chlorophyll derivatives by BchF and BchV enzymes involved in bacteriochlorophyll c biosynthesis of green sulfur bacteria

(2016) Misato Teramura et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

In VitroAssays of BciC Showing C132-Demethoxycarbonylase Activity Requisite for Biosynthesis of Chlorosomal Chlorophyll Pigments

(2016) Misato Teramura et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Simultaneous regulation of antenna size and photosystem I/II stoichiometry in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2016) Ting Jia et al.   PLANTA

Radical new paradigm for heme degradation inEscherichia coliO157:H7

(2016) Joseph W. LaMattina et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The biosynthetic pathway of coenzyme F430 in methanogenic and methanotrophic archaea

(2016) Kaiyuan Zheng et al.   SCIENCE

Light-dependent chlorophyll f synthase is a highly divergent paralog of PsbA of photosystem II

(2016) M.-Y. Ho et al.   SCIENCE

Biosynthesis of Chlorophyll a in a Purple Bacterial Phototroph and Assembly into a Plant Chlorophyll–Protein Complex

(2016) Andrew Hitchcock et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Identification of the chlE gene encoding oxygen-independent Mg-protoporphyrin IX monomethyl ester cyclase in cyanobacteria

(2015) Kaori Yamanashi et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

In Vitro Enzymatic Activities of Bacteriochlorophyll a Synthase Derived from the Green Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum

(2015) Yoshitaka Saga et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The Transcription Factor CarH Safeguards Use of Adenosylcobalamin as a Light Sensor by Altering the Photolysis Products

(2015) Marco Jost et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Broadened Substrate Specificity of 3-Hydroxyethyl BacteriochlorophyllideaDehydrogenase (BchC) Indicates a New Route for the Biosynthesis of Bacteriochlorophylla

(2015) Christiane Lange et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Effect of Bacteriochlorophyll g Oxidation on Energy and Electron Transfer in Reaction Centers from Heliobacterium modesticaldum

(2015) Bryan Ferlez et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

PucC and LhaA direct efficient assembly of the light-harvesting complexes inRhodobacter sphaeroides

(2015) David J. Mothersole et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Stereochemical conversion of C3-vinyl group to 1-hydroxyethyl group in bacteriochlorophyllcby the hydratases BchF and BchV: adaptation of green sulfur bacteria to limited-light environments

(2015) Jiro Harada et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Crystal Structures of GUN4 in Complex with Porphyrins

(2015) Xuemin Chen et al.   Molecular Plant

Anaerobic biosynthesis of the lower ligand of vitamin B12

(2015) Amrita B. Hazra et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Noncanonical coproporphyrin-dependent bacterial heme biosynthesis pathway that does not use protoporphyrin

(2015) Harry A. Dailey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Crystal structure of CobK reveals strand-swapping between Rossmann-fold domains and molecular basis of the reduced precorrin product trap

(2015) Shuang Gu et al.   Scientific Reports

Crystal structure of the catalytic subunit of magnesium chelatase

(2015) Xuemin Chen et al.   Nature Plants

Heme Utilization by Pathogenic Bacteria: Not All Pathways Lead to Biliverdin

(2014) Angela Wilks et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Chlorophyll Modifications and Their Spectral Extension in Oxygenic Photosynthesis

(2014) Min Chen   Annual Review of Biochemistry

Elucidation of the preferred routes of C8-vinyl reduction in chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis

(2014) Daniel P. Canniffe et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

FAD binding, cobinamide binding and active site communication in the corrin reductase (CobR)

(2014) Andrew D. Lawrence et al.   BIOSCIENCE REPORTS

Vitamin B 12 as a Modulator of Gut Microbial Ecology

(2014) Patrick H. Degnan et al.   Cell Metabolism

Chlorophyllfand chlorophylldare produced in the cyanobacteriumChlorogloeopsis fritschiiwhen cultured under natural light and near-infrared radiation

(2014) R.L. Airs et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Structural Insights into the Catalytic Mechanism ofSynechocystisMagnesium Protoporphyrin IXO-Methyltransferase (ChlM)

(2014) Xuemin Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Iron-Sulfur Cluster-dependent Catalysis of ChlorophyllideaOxidoreductase fromRoseobacter denitrificans

(2014) Svenja Kiesel et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

NirN Protein fromPseudomonas aeruginosais a Novel Electron-bifurcating Dehydrogenase Catalyzing the Last Step of Hemed1Biosynthesis

(2014) Julia Adamczack et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

ChlR Protein ofSynechococcussp. PCC 7002 Is a Transcription Activator That Uses an Oxygen-sensitive [4Fe-4S] Cluster to Control Genes involved in Pigment Biosynthesis

(2014) Marcus Ludwig et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Biosynthesis of bacteriochlorophyll c derivatives possessing chlorine and bromine atoms at the terminus of esterifying chains in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum

(2014) Yoshitaka Saga et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Photophysical Properties of the Excited States of Bacteriochlorophyll f in Solvents and in Chlorosomes

(2014) Dariusz M. Niedzwiedzki et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Triplet Excited State Energies and Phosphorescence Spectra of (Bacterio)Chlorophylls

(2014) Daniel A. Hartzler et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Diverse Bacterial Microcompartment Organelles

(2014) C. Chowdhury et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

The structure, function and properties of sirohaem decarboxylase - an enzyme with structural homology to a transcription factor family that is part of the alternative haem biosynthesis pathway

(2014) David J. Palmer et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Identification and characterization of the ‘missing’ terminal enzyme for siroheme biosynthesis in α-proteobacteria

(2014) Shilpa Bali et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Reductive dehalogenase structure suggests a mechanism for B12-dependent dehalogenation

(2014) Karl A. P. Payne et al.   NATURE

A Cyanobacterial Chlorophyll Synthase-HliD Complex Associates with the Ycf39 Protein and the YidC/Alb3 Insertase

(2014) Jack W. Chidgey et al.   PLANT CELL

Extensive remodeling of a cyanobacterial photosynthetic apparatus in far-red light

(2014) F. Gan et al.   SCIENCE

Distribution and Origin of Oxygen-Dependent and Oxygen-Independent Forms of Mg-Protoporphyrin Monomethylester Cyclase among Phototrophic Proteobacteria

(2013) Ekaterina N. Boldareva-Nuianzina et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Heme oxygenation and the widening paradigm of heme degradation

(2013) Angela Wilks et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Structural and Biochemical Characterization of the Bilin Lyase CpcS from Thermosynechococcus elongatus

(2013) Christina M. Kronfel et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Characterization of BciB: A Ferredoxin-Dependent 8-Vinyl-Protochlorophyllide Reductase from the Green Sulfur Bacterium Chloroherpeton thalassium

(2013) Allison H. Saunders et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Spectroscopic insights into the decreased efficiency of chlorosomes containing bacteriochlorophyll f

(2013) Gregory S. Orf et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

A New Way to Degrade Heme

(2013) Shusuke Nambu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Spectroscopic Properties of Chlorophyll f

(2013) Yaqiong Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Chlorosome antenna complexes from green photosynthetic bacteria

(2013) Gregory S. Orf et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Specific Gene bciD for C7-Methyl Oxidation in Bacteriochlorophyll e Biosynthesis of Brown-Colored Green Sulfur Bacteria

(2013) Jiro Harada et al.   PLoS One

Structure of ADP-aluminium fluoride-stabilized protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase complex

(2013) J. Moser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Elucidation of the anaerobic pathway for the corrin component of cobalamin (vitamin B12)

(2013) S. J. Moore et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2013) Yusuke Tsukatani et al.   Scientific Reports

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

(2012) Daniel P. Canniffe et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Structural Variability in Wild-Type and bchQ bchR Mutant Chlorosomes of the Green Sulfur Bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum

(2012) Swapna Ganapathy et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Extinction coefficient for red-shifted chlorophylls: Chlorophyll d and chlorophyll f

(2012) Yaqiong Li et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

One ring to rule them all: Trafficking of heme and heme synthesis intermediates in the metazoans

(2012) Iqbal Hamza et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

A cyanobacterium that contains chlorophyllf- a red-absorbing photopigment

(2012) Min Chen et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Non-enzymatic conversion of chlorophyll-ainto chlorophyll-din vitro: A model oxidation pathway for chlorophyll-dbiosynthesis

(2012) Takanori Fukusumi et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Characterization of the Enzyme CbiH60Involved in Anaerobic Ring Contraction of the Cobalamin (Vitamin B12) Biosynthetic Pathway

(2012) Simon J. Moore et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Conserved Chloroplast Open-reading Frameycf54Is Required for Activity of the Magnesium Protoporphyrin Monomethylester Oxidative Cyclase inSynechocystisPCC 6803

(2012) Sarah Hollingshead et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

An enzyme-trap approach allows isolation of intermediates in cobalamin biosynthesis

(2012) Evelyne Deery et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Phycoerythrin-specific bilin lyase-isomerase controls blue-green chromatic acclimation in marine Synechococcus

(2012) A. Shukla et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Distinct phytochrome actions in nonvascular plants revealed by targeted inactivation of phytobilin biosynthesis

(2012) Y.-R. Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A seventh bacterial chlorophyll driving a large light-harvesting antenna

(2012) Jiro Harada et al.   Scientific Reports

Bacteriochlorophyll f: properties of chlorosomes containing the “forbidden chlorophyll”

(2012) Kajetan Vogl et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Discovery of a Gene Involved in a Third Bacterial Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase Activity through Comparative Genomic Analysis and Functional Complementation

(2011) Tye O. Boynton et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biosynthesis of Unnatural BacteriochlorophyllcDerivatives Esterified with α,ω-Diols in the Green Sulfur Photosynthetic BacteriumChlorobaculum tepidum

(2011) Risato Nishimori et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Attachment of Noncognate Chromophores to CpcA ofSynechocystissp. PCC 6803 andSynechococcussp. PCC 7002 by Heterologous Expression inEscherichia coli

(2011) Richard M. Alvey et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Multiple Types of 8-Vinyl Reductases for (Bacterio)Chlorophyll Biosynthesis Occur in Many Green Sulfur Bacteria

(2011) Z. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Identification of a Gene Essential for the First Committed Step in the Biosynthesis of Bacteriochlorophyllc

(2011) Zhenfeng Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Crystal Structure of the Hemed1Biosynthesis Enzyme NirE in Complex with Its Substrate Reveals New Insights into the Catalytic Mechanism ofS-Adenosyl-l-methionine-dependent Uroporphyrinogen III Methyltransferases

(2011) Sonja Storbeck et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Molecular hijacking of siroheme for the synthesis of heme and d1 heme

(2011) S. Bali et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiple roles of ATP:cob(I)alamin adenosyltransferases in the conversion of B12 to coenzyme B12

(2010) Paola E. Mera et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Crystal structure of Glutamate1-semialdehyde aminotransferase from Bacillus subtilis with bound pyridoxamine-5′-phosphate

(2010) Honghua Ge et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

NirJ, a radical SAM family member of thed1heme biogenesis cluster

(2010) Amanda A. Brindley et al.   FEBS LETTERS

18O Labeling of ChlorophylldinAcaryochloris marinaReveals That Chlorophyllaand Molecular Oxygen Are Precursors

(2010) Martin Schliep et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The IsdG-family of haem oxygenases degrades haem to a novel chromophore

(2010) Michelle L. Reniere et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

X-ray crystal structure of the light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase

(2010) Norifumi Muraki et al.   NATURE

Functional Assignments for the Carboxyl-Terminal Domains of the Ferrochelatase from Synechocystis PCC 6803: The CAB Domain Plays a Regulatory Role, and Region II Is Essential for Catalysis

(2010) R. Sobotka et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Divinyl Chlorophyll(ide) a Can Be Converted to Monovinyl Chlorophyll(ide) a by a Divinyl Reductase in Rice

(2010) P. Wang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Evolution in a family of chelatases facilitated by the introduction of active site asymmetry and protein oligomerization

(2010) C. V. Romao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2010) K. Kato et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Heme biosynthesis is coupled to electron transport chains for energy generation

(2010) K. Mobius et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Red-Shifted Chlorophyll: Fig. 1

(2010) Min Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Chlorophyll biosynthesis: spotlight on protochlorophyllide reduction

(2010) Christiane Reinbothe et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

A Novel Pathway for the Biosynthesis of Heme inArchaea: Genome-Based Bioinformatic Predictions and Experimental Evidence

(2010) Sonja Storbeck et al.   ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Identification ofEscherichia coliHemG as a Novel, Menadione-Dependent Flavodoxin with Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase Activity

(2009) Tye O. Boynton et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Differential requirement of two homologous proteins encoded by sll1214 and sll1874 for the reaction of Mg protoporphyrin monomethylester oxidative cyclase under aerobic and micro-oxic growth conditions

(2009) Enrico Peter et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Competitive Inhibitions of the Chlorophyll Synthase of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 by Bacteriochlorophyllide a and the Bacteriochlorophyll Synthase of Rhodobacter sphaeroides by Chlorophyllide a

(2009) E.-J. Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The AAA+ motor complex of subunits CobS and CobT of cobaltochelatase visualized by single particle electron microscopy

(2009) Joakim Lundqvist et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

A viewpoint: Why chlorophyll a?

(2009) Lars Olof Björn et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Oxygen Sensitivity of a Nitrogenase-like Protochlorophyllide Reductase from the Cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya boryana

(2009) H. Yamamoto et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Distinct classes of red/far-red photochemistry within the phytochrome superfamily

(2009) N. C. Rockwell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Alternating syn-anti bacteriochlorophylls form concentric helical nanotubes in chlorosomes

(2009) S. Ganapathy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structure and function of SirC fromBacillus megaterium: a metal-binding precorrin-2 dehydrogenase

(2008) Heidi L. Schubert et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Crystal Structure of the L Protein ofRhodobacter sphaeroidesLight-Independent Protochlorophyllide Reductase with MgADP Bound: A Homologue of the Nitrogenase Fe Protein†‡

(2008) Ranjana Sarma et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Structure and Mechanistic Implications of a Uroporphyrinogen III Synthase−Product Complex†‡

(2008) Heidi L. Schubert et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Understanding chlorophylls: Central magnesium ion and phytyl as structural determinants

(2008) Leszek Fiedor et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Efficient Phage-Mediated Pigment Biosynthesis in Oceanic Cyanobacteria

(2008) Thorben Dammeyer et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The C-Terminal Extension of Ferrochelatase Is Critical for Enzyme Activity and for Functioning of the Tetrapyrrole Pathway in Synechocystis Strain PCC 6803

(2008) R. Sobotka et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Identification, Characterization, and Structure/Function Analysis of a Corrin Reductase Involved in Adenosylcobalamin Biosynthesis

(2008) Andrew D. Lawrence et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Identification of a Novel Vinyl Reductase Gene Essential for the Biosynthesis of Monovinyl Chlorophyll inSynechocystissp. PCC6803

(2008) Hisashi Ito et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Biogenesis of Phycobiliproteins

(2008) Nicolle A. Saunée et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Demonstration That CobG, the Monooxygenase Associated with the Ring Contraction Process of the Aerobic Cobalamin (Vitamin B12) Biosynthetic Pathway, Contains an Fe-S Center and a Mononuclear Non-heme Iron Center

(2008) Susanne Schroeder et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The PduX Enzyme ofSalmonella entericaIs an l-Threonine Kinase Used for Coenzyme B12Synthesis

(2008) Chenguang Fan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Conformational changes in an ultrafast light-driven enzyme determine catalytic activity

(2008) Olga A. Sytina et al.   NATURE

Photosynthetic generation of oxygen

(2008) J. Barber   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Accumulation of chlorophyllous pigments esterified with the geranylgeranyl group and photosynthetic competence in the CT2256-deleted mutant of the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum

(2008) Jiro Harada et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

slr1923 of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 Is Essential for Conversion of 3,8-Divinyl(proto)chlorophyll(ide) to 3-Monovinyl(proto)chlorophyll(ide)

(2008) M. R. Islam et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylation as a benchmark for the catalytic proficiency of enzymes

(2008) C. A. Lewis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA