Biology:Phycoerythrobilin synthase

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Phycoerythrobilin synthase
Identifiers
EC number1.3.7.6
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Phycoerythrobilin synthase (EC 1.3.7.6, PebS) is an enzyme with systematic name (3Z)-phycoerythrobilin:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (from biliverdin IX alpha).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(3Z)-phycoerythrobilin + 2 oxidized ferredoxin [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] biliverdin IX alpha + 2 reduced ferredoxin

This enzyme, from a cyanophage infecting oceanic cyanobacteria of the Prochlorococcus genus.

References

  1. "Efficient phage-mediated pigment biosynthesis in oceanic cyanobacteria". Current Biology 18 (6): 442–8. March 2008. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.067. PMID 18356052. 

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