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The biosynthesis of the tetrapyrrole pigments.

Title
  1. The biosynthesis of the tetrapyrrole pigments.
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  1. Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1994.

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Additional authors
  1. Ackrill, Kate.
  2. Chadwick, Derek.
  3. Ciba Foundation. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023182
Description
  1. xv, 350 pages : illustrations, portrait; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. Ciba Foundation symposium ; 180
Uniform title
  1. Ciba Foundation symposium ; 180.
Subject
  1. Uroporphyrinogens > biosynthesis
  2. Pyrroles > metabolism
  3. Aminolevulinic Acid > metabolism
  4. Pigments (Biology)
  5. Organisms > Colouring agents
  6. Chlorophyll > biosynthesis
  7. Vitamin B 12 > biosynthesis
  8. Congress
Genre/Form
  1. Congress.
Contents
  1. Introduction / D. Arigoni -- Enzymatic and mechanistic studies on the conversion of glutamate to 5-aminolaevulinate / C. G. Kannangara, R. V. Andersen, B. Pontoppidan, R. Willows and D. von Wettstein -- 5-Aminolaevulinic acid synthase and uroporphyrinogen methylase: two key control enzymes of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis and modification / M. J. Warren, E. Bolt and S. C. Woodcock -- 5-Aminolaevulinic acid dehydratase: characterization of the [alpha] and [beta] metal-binding sites of the Escherichia coli enzyme / P. Spencer and P. M. Jordan -- Porphobilinogen deaminase: mechanism of action and role in the biosynthesis of uroporphyrinogen III / P. M. Jordan -- Structural studies on porphobilinogen deaminase / R. Lambert, P. D. Brownlie, S. C. Woodcock, G. V. Louie, J. C. Cooper, M. J. Warren, P. M. Jordan, T. L. Blundell and S. P. Wood -- The evidence for a spirocyclic intermediate in the formation of uroporphyrinogen III by cosynthase / F. J. Leeper --
  2. The modification of acetate and propionate side chains during the biosynthesis of haem and chlorophylls: mechanistic and stereochemical studies / M. Akhtar -- Biosynthesis of open-chain tetrapyrroles in plants, algae and cyanobacteria / S. I. Beale -- Chlorophyll [alpha] biosynthetic heterogeneity / C. A. Rebeiz, R. Parham, D. A. Fasoula and I. M. Ioannides -- Biosynthetic studies on chlorophylls: from protoporphyrin IX to protochlorophyllide / P. A. Castelfranco, C. J. Walker and J. D. Weinstein -- Biosynthesis of coenzyme F[subscript 430], a nickel porphinoid involved in methanogenesis / R. K. Thauer and L. G. Bonacker -- Haem d[subscript 1] and other haem cofactors from bacteria / C. K. Chang -- Genetics and enzymology of the B[subscript 12] pathway / N. P. J. Stamford -- New intermediates in the B[subscript 12] pathway / A. R. Battersby -- Recent studies of enzymically controlled steps in B[subscript 12] biosynthesis / A. I. Scott --
  3. B[subscript 12]: reminiscences and afterthoughts / A. Eschenmoser -- Summing-up / D. Arigoni.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. Editors, Derek J. Chadwick and Kate Ackrill.
  2. Proceedings of a symposium held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 30 March-1 April 1993.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.