Mechanism of bile-pigment synthesis in algae. 18O incorporation into phycocyanobilin in the unicellular rhodophyte, Cyanidium caldarium
- 14 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 190 (2) , 445-449
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1900445
Abstract
The origin of the lactam oxygen atoms of phycocyanobilin from Cyanidium caldarium was studied using 18O labelling. By inhibiting photosynthesis, a high 18O enrichment was maintained in the gas phase and the resulting incorporation of label showed that the lactam oxygen atoms were derived from two oxygen molecules. Slow exchange of these oxygen atoms with water was demonstrated directly by using H218O.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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