The evolution of the plastid from a photosynthetic bacterial endosymbiont involved a
dramatic reduction in the complexity of the plastid genome, with many genes either …

The tetrapyrrole biosynthetic pathway provides the vital cofactors and pigments for
photoautotrophic growth (chlorophyll), several essential redox reactions in electron transport …

提要文章从一种可能作为新的植物生长调节物质的角度, 阐述了具有多种生理活性的5-
氨基乙酰丙酸(ALA) 的生物合成C5 途径与影响因子, 提出ALA 生物合成最重要的是依赖于谷氨 …

Chlorophyll is bound to proteins of the photosynthetic membranes. It harvests sunlight and
carries out the first reactions in the conversion of light energy to chemical energy, which is …

The enzymes responsible for chlorophyll biosynthesis in plants, algae and cyanobacteria
are identified and described, with emphasis on their protein composition and structure …

All living organisms contain tetrapyrroles. In plants, chlorophyll (chlorophyll a plus
chlorophyll b) is the most abundant and probably most important tetrapyrrole. It is involved in …

Haems are involved in many cellular processes in prokaryotes and0 eukaryotes. The
biosynthetic pathway leading to haem formation is, with few exceptions, well-conserved, and …

Tetrapyrrole biosynthesis has been the subject of numerous studies over several decades.
In recent years scientific interest in plant tetrapyrrole biosynthesis has included both …

Considerable work still needs to be done to understand more fully the basic processes
going on inside the non-photosynthetic plastid organelle of Plasmodium spp., the causative …

5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is the key precursor for chlorophyll biosynthesis. It is made in
the chloroplast in a process that is dependent on transfer RNA (tRNA), and that involves two …