Article
Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants defective in heme biosynthesis as a tool for studying the mechanism of phototoxicity of porphyrins.
Photochemistry and photobiology - 1 Dec 1996
Zoładek T, Nguyen B N, Rytka J
Abstract excerpt
Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae accumulating uroporphyrin (UP) or protoporphyrin (PP) were used as a model for the in vivo phototoxic effect of porphyrins observed in the human skin photosensitivity associated with porphyrias (porphyria cutanea tarda and erythropoietic protoporphyria). We hav...
Topics
- Mutation
- Oxygen
- Photosensitizing Agents
- Porphyrins
- Reactive Oxygen Species
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Subcellular Fractions
