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MarR-type transcriptional regulator ChlR activates expression of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis genes in response to low-oxygen conditions in cyanobacteria.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 13 Apr 2012
Aoki Rina, Takeda Tomoya, Omata Tatsuo, Ihara Kunio, Fujita Yuichi
Abstract excerpt
Oxygen is required for three enzyme reactions in chlorophyll and bilin biosynthesis pathways: coproporphyrinogen III oxidase (HemF), heme oxygenase (HO1), and Mg-protoporphyrin IX monomethylester cyclase (ChlA(I)). The cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 has alternative enzymes, HemN, HO2, and ChlA(II), to supply chlorophyll/bilins even under low-oxygen environments. The three genes form an operon,...
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