Site hemH
- Name: hemH
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0475 MG1655 locus tag popA visA Nakahigashi et al. - Mnemonic: Hemin
- Left End Point: 10.72
- Right End Point: 10.74
- Products:
ferrochelatase - Direction: >
- Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
hemH230 hemH793-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank D90259 EcoGene.org EG10431 EcoliWiki hemH - Comment:
- photosensitive. probably due to photochem rxs involving protoporphyrin IX, a substrate for ferrochelatase
- References:
- Nakahigashi, K., K. Nishimura, K. Miyamoto, H. Inokuchi 1991. Photosensitivity of a protoporphyrin-accumulating, light-sensitive mutant (visA) of Escherichia coli K-12. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 88:10520-10524
- Miyamoto, K., K. Nakahigashi, K. Nishimura, H. Inokuchi 1991. Isolation and characterization of visible light-sensitive mutants of Escherichia coli K12. J.Mol.Biol. 219:393-398
- Nakahigashi, K., K. Miyamoto, K. Nishimura, H. Inokuchi 1992. Isolation and characterization of a light-sensitive mutant of Escherichia coli K-12 with a mutation in a gene that is required for the biosynthesis of ubiquinone. J.Bacteriol. 174:7352-7359
- Frustaci, J.M., M.R. O'Brian 1993. The Escherichia coli visA gene encodes ferrochelatase, the final enzyme of the heme biosynthetic pathway. J.Bacteriol. 175:2154-2156