Chlorophyll synthase
| chlorophyll synthase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 2.5.1.62 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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In enzymology, a chlorophyll synthase (EC 2.5.1.62) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- chlorophyllide a + phytyl diphosphate chlorophyll a + diphosphate
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are chlorophyllide a and phytyl diphosphate, whereas its two products are chlorophyll a and diphosphate.
This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically those transferring aryl or alkyl groups other than methyl groups. The systematic name of this enzyme class is chlorophyllide-a:phytyl-diphosphate phytyltransferase. This enzyme participates in porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism.
References
- Schmid HC, Rassadina V, Oster U, Schoch S, Rudiger W (2002). "Pre-loading of chlorophyll synthase with tetraprenyl diphosphate is an obligatory step in chlorophyll biosynthesis". Biol. Chem. 383 (11): 1769–78. doi:10.1515/BC.2002.198. PMID 12530542.
- Oster U, Bauer CE, Rudiger W (1997). "Characterization of chlorophyll a and bacteriochlorophyll a synthases by heterologous expression in Escherichia coli". J. Biol. Chem. 272 (15): 9671–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.15.9671. PMID 9092496.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - Rudiger W, Benz J, Guthoff C (1980). "Detection and partial characterization of activity of chlorophyll synthetase in etioplast membranes". Eur. J. Biochem. 109 (1): 193–200. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1980.tb04784.x. PMID 7408876.