Tetrapyrroles Birth, Life and Death /

Excluding the biological polymers proteins, lipids and nucleic acids, modified tetrapyrroles are the biological molecules that have had the greatest impact on the evolution of life over the past 4 billion years. They are involved in a wide variety of fundamental processes that underpin central prima...

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Main Authors: Warren, Martin J. (Author), Smith, Alison G. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
Series:Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78518-9
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505 0 # |a Preface -- 1. An Historical Introduction to Porphyrin and Chlorophyll Synthesis -- 2. Biosynthesis of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid -- 3. 5-Aminolaevulinic Acid Dehydratase, Porphobilinogen Deaminase and Uroporphyrinogen III Synthase -- 4. Transformation of Uroporphyrinogen III into Protohaem -- 5. Inherited Disorders of Haem Synthesis: The Human Porphyrias -- 6. Heme Degradation: Mechanistic and Physiological Implications -- 7. Regulation of Mammalian Heme Biosynthesis -- 8. Tetrapyrroles in Photodynamic Therapy -- 9. Heme Transport and Incorporation into Proteins -- 10. Heme and Hemoproteins -- 11. Novel Heme-Protein Interactions Some More Radical Than Others -- 12.Synthesis and Role of Bilins in Photosynthetic Organisms -- 13. Phytochromes: Bilin-Linked Photoreceptors in Bacteria and Plants -- 14. Biosynthesis of Chlorophyll and Bacteriochlorophyll -- 15. Regulation of Tetrapyrrole Synthesis in Higher Plants -- 16. Regulation of the Late Steps of Chlorophyll Biosynthesis -- 17. Chlorophyll Breakdown -- 18. Vitamin B12; Biosynthesis of the Corrin Ring -- 19. Conversion of Cobinamide into Coenzyme B12 -- 20. The Regulation of Cobalamin Biosynthesis -- 21. Coenzyme B12-Catalyzed Radical Isomerizations -- 22. Biosynthesis of Siroheme and Coenzyme F430 -- 23. Role of Coenzyme F430 in Methanogenesis -- 24. The Role of Siroheme in Sulfite and Nitrite Reductases -- 25. The Role of Heme d1 in Denitrification.-. 
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