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The effect of N-methylprotoporphyrin IX on the synthesis of photosynthetic pigments in Cyanidium caldarium. Further evidence for the role of haem in the biosynthesis of plant bilins

Year: 1982

Type: article

Abstract: N-Methylprotoporphyrin IX strongly inhibits synthesis of phycocyanobilin, but not chlorophyll a, in the dark. In the light, both phycocyanin and chlorophyll a synthesis are inhibited in parallel. These results are consistent with the intermediacy of haem in algal bilin synthesis and suggest a control mechanism for chlorophyll a synthesis, previously unknown.

Source: Biochemical Journal

DOI: 10.1042/bj2080487

Authors: Stanley B. Brown, J. Andrew Holroyd, David I. Vernon, Robert F. Troxler, Kevin M. Smith

Institutions: University of Leeds, Boston University, University of California, Davis

Language: English

Topic: Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Division of Chemistry

Awards: Synthesis of Bile Pigments in Plants, Syntheses and Metabolism of Chlorophylls (Chemistry), SYNTHESIS OF BILE PIGMENTS IN PLANTS