Transferases;
Transferring one-carbon groups;
Methyltransferases

S-adenosyl-L-methionine:8,12-diethyl-3-vinylbacteriochlorophyllide-d C-82-methyltransferase

(1) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + 8,12-diethyl-3-vinylbacteriochlorophyllide d = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 12-ethyl-8-propyl-3-vinylbacteriochlorophyllide d [RN:R11508];
(2) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + 12-ethyl-8-propyl-3-vinylbacteriochlorophyllide d = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 12-ethyl-8-isobutyl-3-vinylbacteriochlorophyllide d [RN:R11509]

R11508 R11509

S-adenosyl-L-methionine [CPD:C00019];
8,12-diethyl-3-vinylbacteriochlorophyllide d [CPD:C21427];
12-ethyl-8-propyl-3-vinylbacteriochlorophyllide d [CPD:C21428]

This enzyme, found in green sulfur bacteria (Chlorobiaceae) and green flimentous bacteria (Chloroflexaceae), is a radical S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet) enzyme and contains a [4Fe-4S] cluster. It adds one or two methyl groups at the C-82 position of bacteriochlorophylls of the c, d, and e types. These methylations play a role in fine-tuning the structural arrangement of the bacteriochlorophyll aggregates in chlorosomes and therefore directly influence chlorosomal absorption properties.

EC 2.1.1.332 created 2016

1  [PMID:17586634]

Gomez Maqueo Chew A, Frigaard NU, Bryant DA.

Bacteriochlorophyllide c C-8(2) and C-12(1) methyltransferases are essential for  adaptation to low light in Chlorobaculum tepidum.

J Bacteriol 189:6176-84 (2007)
DOI:10.1128/JB.00519-07

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