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The Pathway from 5-Aminolevulinic Acid to Protochlorophyllide and Protoheme

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Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls

Part of the book series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration ((AIPH,volume 25))

Abstract

This chapter comprehensively surveys both the conversion of 5-aminolevulinic acid to protochlorophyllide in the Mg-porphyrin-synthesizing branch of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis and also the formation of protoheme in the iron-chelating branch. This can be considered as the middle and final stages of chlorophyll and heme formation, respectively: the final conversion of protochlorophyllide to chlorophyll is discussed by Rüdiger in Chapter14 (Rüdiger). This chapter reviews the many individual enzymatic steps in these conversions, including enzyme and gene structures and the expression as well as the regulation of these steps.

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Yaronskaya, E., Grimm, B. (2006). The Pathway from 5-Aminolevulinic Acid to Protochlorophyllide and Protoheme. In: Grimm, B., Porra, R.J., Rüdiger, W., Scheer, H. (eds) Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4516-6_13

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