Magnesium-protoporphyrin IX monomethyl ester (oxidative) cyclase
Template:Short description Template:Infobox enzyme Magnesium-protoporphyrin IX monomethyl ester (oxidative) cyclase (Template:EC number), is an enzyme with systematic name magnesium-protoporphyrin-IX 13-monomethyl ester, ferredoxin:oxygen oxidoreductase (hydroxylating).[1] In plants this enzyme catalyses the following overall chemical reaction
- magnesium-protoporphyrin IX 13-monomethyl ester + 3 NADPH + 3 H+ + 3 O2 divinylprotochlorophyllide + 3 NADP+ + 5 H2O (overall reaction)
Recent evidence[2] shows that the necessary electrons which cycle the enzyme from oxidised to reduced form come from ferredoxin. In green tissue, ferredoxin can receive these electrons directly from photosystem I so that NADPH need not be involved. However, in the dark, ferredoxin can also be reduced via Ferredoxin—NADP(+) reductase, allowing the reaction to proceed in that case. It is therefore more accurate to show the individual steps as follows:
- (1a) magnesium-protoporphyrin IX 13-monomethyl ester + 2 reduced ferredoxin + O2 131-hydroxy-magnesium-protoporphyrin IX 13-monomethyl ester + H2O
- (1b) 131-hydroxy-magnesium-protoporphyrin IX 13-monomethyl ester + 2 reduced ferredoxin + O2 131-oxo-magnesium-protoporphyrin IX 13-monomethyl ester + 2 H2O
- (1c) 131-oxo-magnesium-protoporphyrin IX 13-monomethyl ester + 2 reduced ferredoxin + O2 divinylprotochlorophyllide + 2 H2O
This enzyme requires Fe(II) for activity. In barley the cyclase protein is named XanL and is encoded by the Xantha-l gene. An associated protein, Ycf54, seems to be required for proper maturation of the XanL enzyme,[2] which is part of the biosynthetic pathway to chlorophylls.[3][4][5] In anaerobic organisms such as Rhodobacter sphaeroides the same overall transformation occurs but the oxygen incorporated into magnesium-protoporphyrin IX 13-monomethyl ester comes from water in the reaction Template:EC number.[6]