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Functional characterization of the two ferrochelatases in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plant, cell & environment - 1 Feb 2015
Scharfenberg Michael, Mittermayr Lukas, VON Roepenack-Lahaye Edda, Schlicke Hagen, Grimm Bernhard, Leister Dario, Kleine Tatjana
Abstract excerpt
The enzyme ferrochelatase catalyses the formation of protoheme by inserting Fe(2+) into protoporphyrin IX. Although most organisms express only one ferrochelatase, all land plants analysed so far possess at least two ferrochelatase proteins. Analysis of publicly available expression data suggests that the two Arabidopsis thaliana ferrochelatases, FC1 and FC2, serve different functions, corroborating previous...
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