Phycoerythrobilin synthase

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 biliverdin IX alpha + 2 reduced ferredoxin
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

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

References

  1. Dammeyer T, Bagby SC, Sullivan MB, Chisholm SW, Frankenberg-Dinkel N (March 2008). "Efficient phage-mediated pigment biosynthesis in oceanic cyanobacteria". Current Biology. 18 (6): 442–8. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.067. PMID 18356052.
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