Identification of an 8-vinyl reductase involved in bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis in Rhodobacter sphaeroides and evidence for the existence of a third distinct class of the enzyme
The purple phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides utilises bacteriochlorophyll a for light harvesting and photochemistry. The synthesis of this photopigment includes the reduction of a vinyl group at the C8 position to an ethyl group, catalysed by a C8-vinyl reductase. An active form of this...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Portland Press
2013
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