Transferases;
Transferring alkyl or aryl groups, other than methyl groups;
Transferring alkyl or aryl groups, other than methyl groups (only sub-subclass identified to date)
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chlorophyllide-a:phytyl-diphosphate phytyltransferase

chlorophyllide a + phytyl diphosphate = chlorophyll a + diphosphate [RN:R06284]

R06284;
(other) R09067
Reaction

chlorophyllide a [CPD:C02139];
phytyl diphosphate [CPD:C05427]

Requires Mg2+. The enzyme is modified by binding of the first substrate, phytyl diphosphate, before reaction of the modified enzyme with the second substrate, chlorophyllide a, can occur. The reaction also occurs when phytyl diphosphate is replaced by geranylgeranyl diphosphate.

EC 2.5.1.62 created 2003

1  [PMID:12530542]

Schmid HC, Rassadina V, Oster U, Schoch S, Rudiger W

Pre-loading of chlorophyll synthase with tetraprenyl diphosphate is an obligatory step in chlorophyll biosynthesis.

Biol Chem 383:1769-78 (2002)
DOI:10.1515/BC.2002.198

[ag:CAB85464]

2  [PMID:9092496]

Oster U, Bauer CE, Rudiger W.

Characterization of chlorophyll a and bacteriochlorophyll a synthases by heterologous expression in Escherichia coli.

J Biol Chem 272:9671-6 (1997)
DOI:10.1074/jbc.272.15.9671

3  [PMID:7408876]

Rudiger W, Benz J, Guthoff C.

Detection and partial characterization of activity of chlorophyll synthetase in etioplast membranes.

Eur J Biochem 109:193-200 (1980)
DOI:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1980.tb04784.x