The biosynthesis of the tetrapyrrole pigments.
Contributors: Chadwick, Derek.; Ackrill, Kate.; Ciba Foundation.
Series: Ciba Foundation symposium ;; 180
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Chichester; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Tetrapyrroles -- Synthesis -- Congresses.; Tetrapyrroles -- Metabolism -- Congresses.; Pigments (Biology) -- Synthesis -- Congresses.; Pyrroles -- metabolism -- congresses.; Chlorophyll -- biosynthesis -- congresses.; Aminolevulinic Acid -- metabolism -- congresses.; Vitamin B 12 -- biosynthesis -- congresses.; Uroporphyrinogens -- biosynthesis -- congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Editors, Derek J. Chadwick and Kate Ackrill.
Proceedings of a symposium held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 30 March-1 April 1993.
Table of contents: title: Enzymic and mechanistic studies on the conversion of glutamate to 5-aminolaevulinate / C.G. Kannangara ... [et al.]; title: 5-aminolaevulinic acid synthase and uroporphyrinogen methylase: two key control enzymes of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis and modification / M.J. Warren, E. Bolt, S.C. Woodcock; title: 5-aminolaevulinic acid dehydratase: characterization of the [alpha] and [beta] metal binding sites of the Escherichia coli enzyme / P. Spencer, P.M. Jordan; title: Porphobilinogen deaminase: mechanism of action and role in the biosynthesis of uroporphyrinogen III / P.M. Jordan; title: Structural studies on porphobilinogen deaminase / R. Lambert ... [et al.]; title: Evidence for a spirocyclic intermediate in the formation of uroporphyrinogen III by cosynthase / F.J. Leeper; title: Modification of acetate and propionate side chains during the biosynthesis of haem and chlorophylls: mechanistic and stereochemical studies / M. Akhtar; title: Biosynthesis of open-chain tetrapyrroles in plants, algae and cyanobacteria / S.I. Beale; title: Chlorophyll degradation; title: Evolution of the series III porphyrinogens.; title: (cont) Chlorophyll a biosynthetic heterogeneity / C.A. Rebeiz ... [et al.]; title: Biosynthetic studies on chlorophylls: from protoporphyrin IX to protochlorophyllide / P.A. Castelfranco, C.J. Walker, J.D. Weinstein; title: Biosynthesis of coenzyme F₄₃₀, a nickel porphinoid involved in methanogenesis / R.K. Thauer, L.G. Bonacker; title: Haem d₁ and other haem cofactors from bacteria / C.K. Chang; title: Genetics and enzymology of the B₁₂ pathway / N.P.J. Stamford; title: New intermediates in the B₁₂ pathway / A.R. Battersby; title: Recent studies of enzymically controlled steps in B₁₂ biosynthesis / A.I. Scott; title: B₁₂: reminiscences and afterthoughts / A. Eschenmoser; title: Aerobiosis and anaerobiosis.