| EC |
1.3.7.7 |
| Accepted name: |
ferredoxin:protochlorophyllide reductase (ATP-dependent) |
| Reaction: |
chlorophyllide a + oxidized ferredoxin + 2 ADP + 2 phosphate = protochlorophyllide a + reduced ferredoxin + 2 ATP + 2 H2O |
|
For diagram of chlorophyll biosynthesis (later stages), click here |
| Other name(s): |
light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase |
| Systematic name: |
ATP-dependent ferredoxin:protochlorophyllide-a 7,8-oxidoreductase |
| Comments: |
Occurs in photosynthetic bacteria, cyanobacteria, green algae and gymnosperms. The enzyme catalyses trans-reduction of the D-ring of protochlorophyllide; the product has the (7S,8S)-configuration. Unlike EC 1.3.1.33 (protochlorophyllide reductase), light is not required. The enzyme contains a [4Fe-4S] cluster, and structurally resembles the Fe protein/MoFe protein complex of nitrogenase (EC 1.18.6.1), which catalyses an ATP-driven reduction. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB |
| References: |
| 1. |
Fujita, Y., Matsumoto, H., Takahashi, Y. and Matsubara, H. Identification of a nifDK-like gene (ORF467) involved in the biosynthesis of chlorophyll in the cyanobacterium Plectonema boryanum. Plant Cell Physiol. 34 (1993) 305–314. [PMID: 8199775] |
| 2. |
Nomata, J., Ogawa, T., Kitashima, M., Inoue, K. and Fujita, Y. NB-protein (BchN-BchB) of dark-operative protochlorophyllide reductase is the catalytic component containing oxygen-tolerant Fe-S clusters. FEBS Lett. 582 (2008) 1346–1350. [DOI] [PMID: 18358835] |
| 3. |
Muraki, N., Nomata, J., Ebata, K., Mizoguchi, T., Shiba, T., Tamiaki, H., Kurisu, G. and Fujita, Y. X-ray crystal structure of the light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase. Nature 465 (2010) 110–114. [DOI] [PMID: 20400946] |
|
| [EC 1.3.7.7 created 2011, modified 2013] |
| |
|
| |
|
Printable version