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Heme, an iron-containing porphyrin, is the prosthetic group for numerous key cellular enzymatic and regulatory processes. Many bacteria encode the biosynthetic enzymes needed for autonomous heme production. Remarkably, however, numerous other bacteria lack a complete heme biosynthesis pathway, yet encode heme-requiring functions. For such heme-auxotrophic bacteria (HAB), heme or porphyrins must be captured from the environment. Functional studies, aided by genomic analyses, provide insight into the HAB lifestyle, how they acquire and manage heme, and the uses of heme that make it worthwhile, and sometimes necessary, to capture this bioactive molecule. ## ABBREVIATIONS ALA d aminolevulinic acid HAB heme-auxotrophic bacteria Hb hemoglobin Hrt heme-regulated transport KatA heme-dependent catalase from E. faecalis LAB lactic acid bacteria PPIX protoporphyrin IX SCV small colony variant Environmental Heme Utilization by Heme-Auxotrophic Bacteria a Cobalt chelatase CbiK

Author

Alexandra Gruss; Elise Borezée-Durant; Delphine Lechardeur

Publisher

Elsevier

Published

2012

Language

EN