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

Reduction Processes in Biosynthesis of Chlorophyll Molecules: Chemical Implication of Enzymatically Regio- and Stereoselective Hydrogenations in the Late Stages of Their Biosynthetic Pathway

(2016) Hitoshi Tamiaki et al.   BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

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

(2015) Yoshitaka Saga 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

Inactivation of bciD and bchU genes in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum limnaeum and alteration of photosynthetic pigments in the resultant mutants

(2015) Tadashi Mizoguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY

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

How green is green chemistry? Chlorophylls as a bioresource from biorefineries and their commercial potential in medicine and photovoltaics

(2015) Aoife A. Ryan et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Synthesis of chlorophyll-f analogs possessing the 2-formyl group by modifying chlorophyll-a

(2014) Meiyun Xu et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS

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

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

Isolation and structural determination of C8-vinyl-bacteriochlorophyll d from the bciA and bchU double mutant of the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum

(2014) Jiro Harada et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Isolation and characterization of a new bacteriochlorophyll-c bearing a neopentyl substituent at the 8-position from the bciD-deletion mutant of the brown-colored green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum limnaeum

(2014) Tadashi Mizoguchi et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Spectroscopic insights into the decreased efficiency of chlorosomes containing bacteriochlorophyll f

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

Chlorosome antenna complexes from green photosynthetic bacteria

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

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

(2013) Yusuke Tsukatani et al.   Scientific Reports

Modification of 3-Substituents in (Bacterio)Chlorophyll Derivatives to Prepare 3-Ethylated, Methylated, and Unsubstituted (Nickel) Pyropheophorbides and Their Optical Properties

(2012) Hitoshi Tamiaki et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A seventh bacterial chlorophyll driving a large light-harvesting antenna

(2012) Jiro Harada et al.   Scientific Reports

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

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

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

(2010) Norifumi Muraki et al.   NATURE

Singlet and triplet excited state properties of natural chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls

(2010) Dariusz M. Niedzwiedzki et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Stereochemical determination of the unique acrylate moiety at the 17-position in chlorophylls-c from a diatom Chaetoseros calcitrans and its effect upon electronic absorption properties

(2009) Tadashi Mizoguchi et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

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