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EC 4.99.1.4 Details
EC number
4.99.1.4
Accepted name
sirohydrochlorin ferrochelatase
Reaction
siroheme + 2 H+ = sirohydrochlorin + Fe2+
Other name(s)
CysG,
Met8P,
SirB,
sirohydrochlorin ferro-lyase (incorrect)
Systematic name
siroheme ferro-lyase (sirohydrochlorin-forming)
Comment
This enzyme catalyses the third of three steps leading to the formation of siroheme from uroporphyrinogen III. The first step involves the donation of two S-adenosyl-L-methionine-derived methyl groups to carbons 2 and 7 of uroporphyrinogen III to form precorrin-2 (EC 2.1.1.107, uroporphyrin-III C-methyltransferase) and the second step involves an NAD+-dependent dehydrogenation to form sirohydrochlorin from precorrin-2 (EC 1.3.1.76, precorrin-2 dehydrogenase). In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the last two steps are carried out by a single bifunctional enzyme, Met8p. In some bacteria, steps 1-3 are catalysed by a single multifunctional protein called CysG, whereas in Bacillus megaterium, three separate enzymes carry out each of the steps, with SirB being responsible for the above reaction.
History
created 2004
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