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EC 1.3.7.5 Details
EC number
1.3.7.5
Accepted name
phycocyanobilin:ferredoxin oxidoreductase
Reaction
(3Z)-phycocyanobilin + 4 oxidized ferredoxin = biliverdin IXα + 4 reduced ferredoxin
Systematic name
(3Z)-phycocyanobilin:ferredoxin oxidoreductase
CAS registry number
347401-12-1
Comment
Catalyses the four-electron reduction of biliverdin IXα (2-electron reduction at both the A and D rings). Reaction proceeds via an isolatable 2-electron intermediate, 181,182-dihydrobiliverdin. Flavodoxins can be used instead of ferredoxin. The direct conversion of biliverdin IXα (BV) to (3Z)-phycocyanolbilin (PCB) in the cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, Anabaena sp. PCC7120 and Nostoc punctiforme is in contrast to the proposed pathways of PCB biosynthesis in the red alga Cyanidium caldarium, which involves (3Z)-phycoerythrobilin (PEB) as an intermediate [2] and in the green alga Mesotaenium caldariorum, in which PCB is an isolable intermediate.
History
created 2002, modified 2014
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1.3.99.9 created 1976, deleted 2002