BciD is a radical S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) enzyme that completes bacteriochlorophyllide e biosynthesis by oxidizing a methyl group into a formyl group at C-7.
Isolation and characterization of a new bacteriochlorophyll-c bearing a neopentyl substituent at the 8-position from the bciD-deletion mutant of the brown-colored green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum limnaeum.
Specific gene bciD for C7-methyl oxidation in bacteriochlorophyll e biosynthesis of brown-colored green sulfur bacteria.
A seventh bacterial chlorophyll driving a large light-harvesting antenna.
Bacteriochlorophyll f: properties of chlorosomes containing the "forbidden chlorophyll".