Research Catalog

Title

The biosynthesis of the tetrapyrrole pigments.

Publication

Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1994.

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Additional Authors

• Ackrill, Kate.
• Chadwick, Derek.
• Ciba Foundation. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023182

Description

xv, 350 pages : illustrations, portrait; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Ciba Foundation symposium ; 180

Uniform Title

Ciba Foundation symposium ; 180.

Subjects

• Uroporphyrinogens > biosynthesis
• Pyrroles > metabolism
• Aminolevulinic Acid > metabolism
• Pigments (Biology)
• Organisms > Colouring agents
• Chlorophyll > biosynthesis
• Vitamin B 12 > biosynthesis
• Congress

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• Editors, Derek J. Chadwick and Kate Ackrill.
• Proceedings of a symposium held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 30 March-1 April 1993.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• 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 --
• 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 --
• B[subscript 12]: reminiscences and afterthoughts / A. Eschenmoser -- Summing-up / D. Arigoni.

ISBN

0471939471

LCCN

gb 94037192

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries