title: Nucleotide sequence of the Rhodobacter capsulatus hemH gene.
abstract: The last step in heme synthesis is the insertion of iron into the ring of protoporphyrin IX. The enzyme which catalyzes this reaction, ferrochelatase (FC), is encoded by the hemH gene. A clone containing this gene from Rhodobacter capsulatus, a purple non-sulfur photosynthetic bacterium, has been sequenced. A single open reading frame was found which could encode a protein of 351 amino acids. This putative protein is very similar to other FC and contains the FC signature sequence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70808, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kanazireva
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Biel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005294:Ferrochelatase / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D016354:Rhodobacter capsulatus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005294:Ferrochelatase