Skip to main content
NCBI home page
Journal of Medical Genetics logoLink to Journal of Medical Genetics
. 1980 Feb;17(1):1–14. doi: 10.1136/jmg.17.1.1

Haems and chlorophylls: comparison of function and formation.

G A Hendry, O T Jones
PMCID: PMC1048480  PMID: 6988593

Full text

PDF
1

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Battersby A. R., McDonald E. Biosynthesis of porphyrins and corrins. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1976 Feb 5;273(924):161–180. doi: 10.1098/rstb.1976.0007. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Bogorad L., Granick S. The Enzymatic Synthesis of Porphyrins from Porphobilinogen. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1953 Dec;39(12):1176–1188. doi: 10.1073/pnas.39.12.1176. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Cavaleiro J. A., Kenner G. W., Smith K. M. Pyrroles and related compounds. XXXII. Biosynthesis of protoporphyrin-IX from coproporphyrinogen-3. J Chem Soc Perkin 1. 1974;10(0):1188–1194. doi: 10.1039/p19740001188. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Chapman D. J., Cole W. J., Siegelman H. W. Chromophores of allophycocyanin and R-phycocyanin. Biochem J. 1967 Dec;105(3):903–905. doi: 10.1042/bj1050903. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Cogdell R. J., Thornber J. P. The preparation and characterization of different types of light-harvesting pigment-protein complexes from some purple bacteria. Ciba Found Symp. 1978 Feb 7;(61):61–79. doi: 10.1002/9780470720431.ch4. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Colleran E. M., Jones O. T. Studies on the biosynthesis of cytochrome c. Biochem J. 1973 May;134(1):89–96. doi: 10.1042/bj1340089. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Cutting J. A., Schulman H. M. The control of heme synthesis in soybean root nodules. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1971 Feb 28;261(2):321–327. doi: 10.1016/0304-4165(72)90054-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. DRESEL E. I., FALK J. E. Conversion of alpha-aminolaevulinic acid to porphobilinogen in a tissue system. Nature. 1953 Dec 26;172(4391):1185–1185. doi: 10.1038/1721185a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Fenna R. E., Matthews B. W. Structure of a bacteriochlorophyll a-protein from Prosthecochloris aestuarii. Brookhaven Symp Biol. 1976 Jun 7;(28):170–182. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. GRANICK S., MAUZERALL D. Pbrphyrin biosynthesis in erythrocytes. II. Enzymes converting gamma-aminolevulinic acid to coproporphyrinogen. J Biol Chem. 1958 Jun;232(2):1119–1140. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. GRANICK S. The structural and functional relationships between heme and chlorophyll. Harvey Lect. 1948 1949;Series 44:220–245. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Granick S., Beale S. I. Hemes, chlorophylls, and related compounds: biosynthesis and metabolic regulation. Adv Enzymol Relat Areas Mol Biol. 1978;46:33–203. doi: 10.1002/9780470122914.ch2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Griffiths W. T., Jones O. T. Magnesium 2,4-divinylphaeoporphyrin alpha-5 as a substrate for chlorophyll biosynthesis in vitro. FEBS Lett. 1975 Feb 15;50(3):355–358. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(75)80526-6. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Griffiths W. T. Reconstitution of chlorophyllide formation by isolated etioplast membranes. Biochem J. 1978 Sep 15;174(3):681–692. doi: 10.1042/bj1740681. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Grombein S., Rüdiger W., Zimmermann H. The structures of the phytochrome chromophore in both photoreversible forms. Hoppe Seylers Z Physiol Chem. 1975 Nov;356(11):1709–1714. doi: 10.1515/bchm2.1975.356.2.1709. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. HODGKIN D. C. VITAMIN B12 AND THE PORPHYRINS. Fed Proc. 1964 May-Jun;23:592–598. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Hodgson G. W. Geochemistry of porphyrins-reactions during diagenesis. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1973;206:670–684. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1973.tb43244.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. Hörig J. A., Renz P., Heckmann G. [5-15N]Riboflavin as precursor in the biosynthesis of the 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole moiety of vitamin B12. A study by 1H and 15N magnetic resonance spectroscopy. J Biol Chem. 1978 Oct 25;253(20):7410–7414. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  19. JONES O. T. MAGNESIUM 2,4-DIVINYLPHAEOPORPHYRIN A5 MONOMETHYL ESTER, A PROTOCHLOROPHYLL-LIKE PIGMENT PRODUCED BY RHODOPSEUDOMONAS SPHEROIDES. Biochem J. 1963 Nov;89:182–189. doi: 10.1042/bj0890182. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  20. Jackson A. H., Elder G. H., Smith S. G. The metabolism of coproporphyrinogen-III into protoporphyrin-IX. Int J Biochem. 1978;9(12):877–882. doi: 10.1016/0020-711x(78)90063-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  21. Jones O. T. A protein-protochlorophyll complex obtained from inner seed coats of Cucurbita pepo. The resolution of its two pigment groups into true protochlorophyll and a pigment related to bacterial protochlorophyll. Biochem J. 1966 Oct;101(1):153–160. doi: 10.1042/bj1010153. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  22. KIKUCHI G., KUMAR A., TALMAGE P., SHEMIN D. The enzymatic synthesis of delta-aminolevulinic acid. J Biol Chem. 1958 Nov;233(5):1214–1219. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  23. Kennedy G. Y. Porphyrins in invertebrates. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1975 Apr 15;244:662–673. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1975.tb41560.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  24. Legon S., Jackson R. J., Hunt T. Control of protein synthesis in reticulocyte lysates by haemin. Nat New Biol. 1973 Jan 31;241(109):150–152. doi: 10.1038/newbio241150a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  25. Markwell J. P., Thornber J. P., Boggs R. T. Higher plant chloroplasts: Evidence that all the chlorophyll exists as chlorophyll-protein complexes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1979 Mar;76(3):1233–1235. doi: 10.1073/pnas.76.3.1233. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  26. Mitchell P. Chemiosmotic coupling in energy transduction: a logical development of biochemical knowledge. J Bioenerg. 1972 May;3(1):5–24. doi: 10.1007/BF01515993. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  27. Murphy M. J., Siegel L. M., Kamin H., Rosenthal D. Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-sulfite reductase of enterobacteria. II. Identification of a new class of heme prosthetic group: an iron-tetrahydroporphyrin (isobacteriochlorin type) with eight carboxylic acid groups. J Biol Chem. 1973 Apr 25;248(8):2801–2814. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  28. Nadler K., Granick S. Controls on chlorophyll synthesis in barley. Plant Physiol. 1970 Aug;46(2):240–246. doi: 10.1104/pp.46.2.240. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  29. O'Carra P., Colleran E. Separation and identification of isomeric deuterobiliverdins and mesobiliverdins. J Chromatogr. 1975 May 7;108(1):212–215. doi: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)97505-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  30. Perutz M. F. Stereochemistry of cooperative effects in haemoglobin. Nature. 1970 Nov 21;228(5273):726–739. doi: 10.1038/228726a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  31. Porra R. J., Grimme L. H. Tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in algae and higher plants: a discussion of the importance of the 5-aminolaevulinate synthase and the dioxovalerate transaminase pathways in the biosynthesis of chlorophyll. Int J Biochem. 1978;9(12):883–886. doi: 10.1016/0020-711x(78)90064-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  32. Poulson R., Polglase W. J. The enzymic conversion of protoporphyrinogen IX to protoporphyrin IX. Protoporphyrinogen oxidase activity in mitochondrial extracts of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem. 1975 Feb 25;250(4):1269–1274. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  33. RUUD J. T. Vertebrates without erythrocytes and blood pigment. Nature. 1954 May 8;173(4410):848–850. doi: 10.1038/173848a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  34. Ramaswamy N. K., Nair P. M. -Aminolevulinic acid synthetase from cold-stored potatoes. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1973 Jan 12;293(1):269–277. doi: 10.1016/0005-2744(73)90399-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  35. Ranu R. S., London I. M., Das A., Dasgupta A., Majumdar A., Ralston R., Roy R., Gupta N. K. Regulation of protein synthesis in rabbit reticulocyte lysates by the heme-regulated protein kinase: inhibition of interaction of Met-tRNAfMet binding factor with another initiation factor in formation of Met-tRNAfMet.40S ribosomal subunit complexes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1978 Feb;75(2):745–749. doi: 10.1073/pnas.75.2.745. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  36. Rudiger W. Uber die Abwehrfarbstoffe von Aplysia-Arten, II. Die Struktur von Aplysioviolin. Hoppe Seylers Z Physiol Chem. 1967 Nov;348(11):1554–1554. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  37. Rüdiger W., Klose W., Vuillaume M., Barbier M. On the structure of pterobilin, the blue pigment of Pieris brassicae. Experientia. 1968 Oct 15;24(10):1000–1000. doi: 10.1007/BF02138705. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  38. Saltzgaber-Müller J., Schatz G. Heme is necessary for the accumulation and assembly of cytochrome c oxidase subunits in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem. 1978 Jan 10;253(1):305–310. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  39. Scott A. I. The biosynthesis of vitamin B12. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1976 Feb 5;273(924):303–318. doi: 10.1098/rstb.1976.0016. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  40. Sinclair P., White D. C., Barrett J. The conversion of protoheme to heme a in Staphylococcus. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1967 Sep 6;143(2):427–428. doi: 10.1016/0005-2728(67)90097-7. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  41. Smith S. G., Belcher R. V. Distribution of some possible intermediates of the haem biosynthesis. Enzyme. 1974;17(1):1–10. doi: 10.1159/000459300. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  42. Thornber J. P., Alberte R. S., Hunter F. A., Shiozawa J. A., Kan K. S. The organization of chlorophyll in the plant photosynthetic unit. Brookhaven Symp Biol. 1976 Jun 7;(28):132–148. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  43. Vega J. M., Garrett R. H. Siroheme: a prosthetic group of the Neurospora crassa assimilatory nitrite reductase. J Biol Chem. 1975 Oct 25;250(20):7980–7989. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Journal of Medical Genetics are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES