Identification of the sirohaem biosynthesis pathway in Staphylococcus aureus

Sirohaem is a modified tetrapyrrole and a key prosthetic group of several enzymes involved in nitrogen and sulfur metabolisms. This work shows that Staphylococcus aureus produces sirohaem through a pathway formed by three independent enzymes. Of the two putative sirohaem synthases encoded in the S. ...

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Main Author: Videira, Marco A.M. (author)
Other Authors: Lobo, Susana A.L. (author), Sousa, Filipa L. (author), Saraiva, Lígia M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/91636
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/91636