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Heme proteins in lactic Acid bacteria.

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Summary, in English

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are of profound importance in food production and infection medicine. LAB do not rely on heme (protoheme IX) for growth and are unable to synthesize this cofactor but are generally able to assemble a small repertoire of heme-containing proteins if heme is provided from an exogenous source. These features are in contrast to other bacteria, which synthesize their heme or depend on heme for growth. We here present the cellular function of heme proteins so far identified in LAB and discuss their biogenesis as well as applications of the extraordinary heme physiology of LAB.

Department/s

  • Molecular Cell Biology

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Pages

1-43

Publication/Series

Advances in Microbial Physiology

Volume

62

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article review

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Biological Sciences

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2162-5468