+ 2 NADPH
+ 2 O2
Chlorophyllide-a oxygenase
Class of enzymes
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Chlorophyllide-a oxygenase (EC 1.14.13.122), chlorophyllide a oxygenase, chlorophyll-b synthase, CAO) is an enzyme with systematic name chlorophyllide-a:oxygen 7-oxidoreductase.[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following overall chemical reaction
| Chlorophyllide-a oxygenase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 1.14.13.122 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 216503-73-0 | ||||||||
| 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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The oxidation reaction uses molecular oxygen with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) as a cofactor.[5]
This enzyme contains a mononuclear iron centre and is part of the biosynthetic pathway to chlorophylls.[6][7]
