Intermediates in the Biosynthesis of Porphyrins from Porphobilinogen by Rhodopseudomonas spheroides

Nature ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 181 (4623) ◽  
pp. 1592-1593 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. HOARE ◽  
H. HEATH
Keyword(s):  
Rhodopseudomonas Spheroides ◽  
Biosynthesis Of Porphyrins

Urobiliverdin, a New Bile Pigment Deriving from Uroporphyrin

1983 ◽  
Vol 38 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 753-757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Benedikt ◽  
Hans-Peter Köst
Keyword(s):  
Carboxylic Acid ◽  
Main Product ◽  
Aminolevulinic Acid ◽  
Chromic Acid ◽  
Bile Pigment ◽  
Enzyme Extract ◽  
Crude Enzyme Extract ◽  
Chromatographic Behaviour ◽  
Vis Spectroscopy ◽  
Rhodopseudomonas Spheroides

5-Aminolevulinic acid is incubated with a crude enzyme extract from Rhodopseudomonas spheroides, mutant R 26. The formed porphyrins (main product: uroporphyrin III) are isolated. Incorporation of iron, ring-splitting by coupled oxydation and subsequent iron removal leads to a mixture of pigments, from which urobiliverdin, a new bile pigment with eight carboxylic acid side chains, is isolated. It is characterized by its chromatographic behaviour, chromic acid degra­dation and UV-vis spectroscopy.

ChemInform Abstract: BIOSYNTHESIS OF PORPHYRINS AND RELATED MACROCYCLES. PART 12. VITAMIN B12: STUDIES WITH 1-METHYLBILANES

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (44) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. BATTERSBY ◽  
S. KISHIMOTO ◽  
E. MCDONALD ◽  
F. SATOH ◽  
H. K. W. WURZIGER
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin B12 ◽  
Biosynthesis Of Porphyrins

scholarly journals Properties of a cytochrome c-enriched light particulate fraction isolated from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas spheroides

1978 ◽  
Vol 174 (1) ◽  
pp. 267-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Barrett ◽  
C N Hunter ◽  
O T G Jones
Keyword(s):  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Photosynthetic Bacterium ◽  
Particulate Fraction ◽  
Cytochrome C Reductase ◽  
Cytochrome C2 ◽  
Succinate Cytochrome C Reductase ◽  
Bulk Membrane ◽  
Nadh Cytochrome ◽  
Rhodopseudomonas Spheroides

Differential centrifugation of suspensions of French-press-disrupted Rhodopseudomonas spheroides yielded a light particulate fraction that was different in many properties from the bulk membrane fraction. It was enriched in cytochrome c and had a low cytochrome b content. When prepared from photosynthetically grown cells this fraction had a very low specific bacteriochlorophyll content. The cytochrome c of the light particles differed in absorption maxima at 77K from cytochrome c2 attached to membranes; there was pronounced splitting of the alpha-band, as is found in cytochrome c2 free in solution. Potentiometric titration at A552–A540 showed the presence of two components that fitted an n = 1 titration; one component had a midpoint redox potential of +345mV, like cytochrome c2 in solution, and the second had E0′ at pH 7.0 of +110 mV, and they were present in a ratio of approx. 2:3. Difference spectroscopy at 77K showed that the spectra of the two components were very similar. More of a CO-binding component was present in particles from photosynthetically grown cells. Light membranes purified by centrifugation on gradients of 5–60% (w/w) sucrose retained the two c cytochromes; they contained no detectable succinate-cytochrome c reductase or bacteriochlorophyll and very little ubiquinone, but they contained NADH-cytochrome c reductase and some phosphate. Electrophoresis on sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide gels showed that the light membranes of aerobically and photosynthetically grown cells were very similar and differed greatly from other membrane fractions of R. spheroides.

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