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
| Phycoerythrobilin synthase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 1.3.7.6 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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- (3Z)-phycoerythrobilin + 2 oxidized ferredoxin biliverdin IX alpha + 2 reduced ferredoxin
This enzyme, from a cyanophage infecting oceanic cyanobacteria of the Prochlorococcus genus.
References edit
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- Phycoerythrobilin+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
