TY - JOUR
T1 - Regulation of the tetrapyrrole biosynthetic pathway leading to heme and chlorophyll in plants and cyanobacteria
AU - Vavilin, Dmitrii V.
AU - Vermaas, Willem
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Photosynthetic organisms synthesize chlorophylls, hemes, and bilin pigments via a common tetrapyrrole biosynthetic pathway. This review summarizes current knowledge about the regulation of this pathway in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. Particular emphasis is placed on the regulation of glutamate-1-semialdehyde formation and on the channelling of protoporphyrin IX into the heme and chlorophyll branches. The potential role of chlorophyll molecules that are not bound to photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes ('free chlorophylls') or of other Mg-containing porphyrins in regulation of tetrapyrrole synthesis is also discussed.
AB - Photosynthetic organisms synthesize chlorophylls, hemes, and bilin pigments via a common tetrapyrrole biosynthetic pathway. This review summarizes current knowledge about the regulation of this pathway in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. Particular emphasis is placed on the regulation of glutamate-1-semialdehyde formation and on the channelling of protoporphyrin IX into the heme and chlorophyll branches. The potential role of chlorophyll molecules that are not bound to photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes ('free chlorophylls') or of other Mg-containing porphyrins in regulation of tetrapyrrole synthesis is also discussed.
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U2 - 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2002.1150102.x
DO - 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2002.1150102.x
M3 - Short survey
AN - SCOPUS:0036258715
SN - 0031-9317
VL - 115
SP - 9
EP - 24
JO - Physiologia Plantarum
JF - Physiologia Plantarum
IS - 1
ER -