magnesium-protoporphyrin IX 13-monomethyl ester [CPD:C04536];
S-adenosyl-L-methionine [CPD:C00019];
H2O [CPD:C00001];
131-hydroxy-magnesium-protoporphyrin IX 13-monomethyl ester;
131-oxo-magnesium-protoporphyrin IX 13-monomethyl ester
Product
3,8-divinyl protochlorophyllide a [CPD:C11831];
5'-deoxyadenosine [CPD:C05198];
L-methionine [CPD:C00073];
131-hydroxy-magnesium-protoporphyrin IX 13-monomethyl ester;
131-oxo-magnesium-protoporphyrin IX 13-monomethyl ester
Comment
This radical AdoMet enzyme participates in the biosynthesis of chlorophyllide a in anaerobic bacteria, catalysing the formation of an isocyclic ring. Contains a [4Fe-4S] cluster and a cobalamin cofactor. The same transformation is achieved in aerobic organisms by the oxygen-dependent EC 1.14.13.81, magnesium-protoporphyrin IX monomethyl ester (oxidative) cyclase. Some facultative phototrophic bacteria, such as Rubrivivax gelatinosus, possess both enzymes.
Aerobic and anaerobic Mg-protoporphyrin monomethyl ester cyclases in purple bacteria: a strategy adopted to bypass the repressive oxygen control system.