Biosynthesis of delta-aminolevulinic acid by blue-green algae (cyanobacteria).
When levulinic acid, a competitive inhibitor of delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase, was added to growing cultures of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), delta-aminolevulinic acid was excreted into the medium and cell growth was inhibited.
D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007982:Levulinic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D000623:Porphobilinogen Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
D007982:Levulinic Acids; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid; D000623:Porphobilinogen Synthase