Phytobilin biosynthesis: cloning and expression of a gene encoding soluble ferredoxin‐dependent heme oxygenase from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
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- 1 July 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Plant Journal
- Vol. 15 (1) , 99-107
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-313x.1998.00186.x
Abstract
The phytobilin chromophores of phycobiliproteins and phytochromes are biosynthesized from heme in a pathway that begins with the opening of the tetrapyrrole macrocycle of protoheme to form biliverdin...Keywords
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