Phycoerythrobilin synthase explained

Phycoerythrobilin synthase
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Phycoerythrobilin synthase (PebS) is an enzyme with systematic name (3Z)-phycoerythrobilin:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (from biliverdin IX alpha).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

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biliverdin IX alpha + 2 reduced ferredoxin

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

Notes and References

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

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