Magnesium chelatase
class of enzymes
Magnesium-chelatase is a three-component enzyme (EC 6.6.1.1) that catalyses the insertion of Mg2+ into protoporphyrin IX. This is the first unique step in the synthesis of chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll. As a result, it is thought that Mg-chelatase has an important role in channeling intermediates into the (bacterio)chlorophyll branch in response to conditions suitable for photosynthetic growth:
The four substrates of this enzyme are protoporphyrin IX, magnesium ion, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and water. Its products are magnesium protoporphyrin IX, adenosine diphosphate (ADP), phosphate (Pi), and two protons.
This enzyme belongs to the family of ligases, specifically those forming nitrogen-D-metal bonds in coordination complexes. The systematic name of this enzyme class is Mg-protoporphyrin IX magnesium-lyase. Other names in common use include protoporphyrin IX magnesium-chelatase, protoporphyrin IX Mg-chelatase, magnesium-protoporphyrin IX chelatase, magnesium-protoporphyrin chelatase, magnesium-chelatase, Mg-chelatase, and Mg-protoporphyrin IX magnesio-lyase. This enzyme is part of the biosynthetic pathway to chlorophylls.
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