The hemA gene encoding glutamyl-tRNA red
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Christoph Hungerer; David S. Weiss; Rudolf K. Thauer; Dieter Jahn
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Article
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1996
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Elsevier Science
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English
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In archaea the first general tetrapyrrole precursor 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is formed via the tRNA-dependent five-carbon pathway from glutamate. We have cloned the hemA gene encoding the central enzyme of the pathway glutamyl-tRNA reductase from the methanogenic archaeon Methanobacterium thermoa