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Siroheme Biosynthesis

Siroheme Biosynthesis is a metabolic pathway belonging to the broader class of cofactor biosynthesis processes, specifically characterized by the enzymatic synthesis of siroheme, a tetrapyrrole cofactor essential for sulfite and nitrite reductase activity in prokaryotes and plants.

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2017–2026

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Molecular hijacking of siroheme for the synthesis of heme and <i>d</i> <sub>1</sub> heme

Shilpa Bali, Andrew D. Lawrence, Susana A. L. Lobo et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 121 citations

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Siroheme- and [Fe4-S4]-dependent NirA from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is a Sulfite Reductase with a Covalent Cys-Tyr Bond in the Active Site

R. Schnell, Tatyana Sandalova, Ulf Hellman et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2005 · 119 citations · Full text

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Spinach siroheme enzymes: isolation and characterization of ferredoxin-sulfite reductase and comparison of properties with ferredoxin-nitrite reductase

Rick J. Krueger, Lewis M. Siegel · Biochemistry · 1982 · 116 citations

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Identification and functional analysis of enzymes required for precorrin-2 dehydrogenation and metal ion insertion in the biosynthesis of sirohaem and cobalamin in Bacillus megaterium

Evelyne Raux, Helen K. Leech, R. Anderle Beck et al. · Biochemical Journal · 2003 · 106 citations · Full text

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The <i>Escherichia coli cysG</i> gene encodes the multifunctional protein, siroheme synthase

Jonathan B. Spencer, Neal J. Stolowich, Charles A. Roessner et al. · FEBS Letters · 1993 · 100 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MJ
    Martin J. Warren

    University of Kent, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 692 citations

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  2. HK
    Helen K. Leech

    Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 278 citations

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  3. ER
    Evelyne Raux

    University College London, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 255 citations

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  4. AI
    A. Ian Scott

    Texas A&M University, United States

    3 publications · 271 citations

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  5. ER
    Evelyne Raux‐Deery

    University of Kent, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 106 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Queen Mary University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. University of Kent

    Canterbury, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    878 citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    771 citations

  4. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    497 citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    14 publications

    277 citations

  6. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    84 citations

  7. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    282 citations

  8. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    3 h-index

    16 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Journal of Bacteriology

    JB · 10 publications · 496 citations

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  2. Biochemical Journal

    BJ · 4 publications · 212 citations

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  3. FEBS Letters

    3 publications · 160 citations

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  4. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 3 publications · 219 citations

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  5. Journal of the American Chemical Society

    JACS · 2 publications · 99 citations

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