| Official Name |
|---|
| Pheophorbide a oxygenase.
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| Alternative Name(s) |
|---|
| PaO. |
| PAO. |
| Pheide a monooxygenase. |
| Pheide a oxygenase. |
| Reaction catalysed |
|---|
| Pheophorbide a + NADPH + O(2) <=> red chlorophyll catabolite + NADP(+) |
| Comment(s) |
|---|
- Catalyzes a key reaction in chlorophyll degradation, which occurs
during leaf senescence and fruit ripening in higher plants.
- Requires reduced ferredoxin, which is generated either by NADPH
through the pentose-phosphate pathway or by the action of photosystem
I.
- While still attached to this enzyme, the product is rapidly converted
into primary fluorescent chlorophyll catabolite by the action of
EC 1.3.1.80.
- Pheophorbide b acts as an inhibitor.
- In (18)O(2) labelling experiments, only the aldehyde oxygen is
labelled, suggesting that the other oxygen atom may originate from
H(2)O.
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| Cross-references |
|---|
| BRENDA | 1.14.12.20 |
| PUMA2 | 1.14.12.20 |
| PRIAM enzyme-specific profiles | 1.14.12.20 |
| KEGG Ligand Database for Enzyme Nomenclature | 1.14.12.20 |
| IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature | 1.14.12.20 |
| IntEnz | 1.14.12.20 |
| MEDLINE | Find literature relating to 1.14.12.20 |
| MetaCyc | 1.14.12.20 |
| UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot |
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