tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process

Known as: tetrapyrrole synthesis, tetrapyrrole formation, tetrapyrrole biosynthesis 
The chemical reactions and pathways leading to the formation of tetrapyrroles, natural pigments containing four pyrrole rings joined by one-carbon… (More)
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2010
2010
In-depth analysis of the distinctive effects of norflurazon implies that tetrapyrrole biosynthesis, organellar gene expression and ABA cooperate in the GUN-type of plastid signalling.
Application of norflurazon (NF) damages plastids, induces photobleaching and represses expression of the nuclear LHCB1.2 gene… (More)
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2009
2009
GUN4 is required for posttranslational control of plant tetrapyrrole biosynthesis.
In aerobic photosynthetic organisms, GUN4 binds the chlorophyll intermediates protoporphyrin and Mg protoporphyrin, stimulates Mg… (More)
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2008
Highly Cited
2008
Tetrapyrrole profiling in Arabidopsis seedlings reveals that retrograde plastid nuclear signaling is not due to Mg-protoporphyrin IX accumulation.
Chloroplast biogenesis involves careful coordination of both plastid and nuclear gene expression, which is achieved in part by… (More)
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2005
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2005
Regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in higher plants.
Plant tetrapyrroles are the most abundant biomolecules on the earth and are cofactors of many apoproteins essential for plant… (More)
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2004
2004
Multiple deletions of small Cab-like proteins in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: consequences for pigment biosynthesis and accumulation.
Deletion of the genes for four or five small Cab-like proteins (SCPs) in photosystem (PS) I-less and PS I-less/PS II-less strains… (More)
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2004
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2004
Concurrent interactions of heme and FLU with Glu tRNA reductase (HEMA1), the target of metabolic feedback inhibition of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis, in dark- and light-grown Arabidopsis plants.
The regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in higher plants has been attributed to metabolic feedback inhibition of Glu tRNA… (More)
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2003
Review
2003
Green or red: what stops the traffic in the tetrapyrrole pathway?
Regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis is crucial to plant metabolism. The two pivotal control points are formation of the… (More)
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2002
2002
Interaction of FLU, a negative regulator of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis, with the glutamyl-tRNA reductase requires the tetratricopeptide repeat domain of FLU.
Regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in plants has been attributed to feedback control of glutamyl-tRNA reductase (GLU-TR) by… (More)
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2001
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2001
FLU: a negative regulator of chlorophyll biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Tetrapyrroles such as chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls play a fundamental role in the energy absorption and transduction… (More)
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1999
Highly Cited
1999
Expression studies in tetrapyrrole biosynthesis: inverse maxima of magnesium chelatase and ferrochelatase activity during cyclic photoperiods
The synthesis of tetrapyrroles is regulated in anticipation of rhythmic changes in environmental conditions such as light… (More)
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