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IUBMB CommentsThe enzyme, found in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, participates in the biosynthesis of phytochromobilin and phytobilins. The terminal oxygen atoms that are incorporated into the carbonyl groups of pyrrole rings A and B of biliverdin are derived from two separate oxygen molecules. The third oxygen molecule provides the oxygen atom that converts the alpha-carbon to CO. Unlike this enzyme, which uses ferredoxin as its electron donor, the electron source for the related mammalian enzyme (EC 1.14.14.18) is EC 1.6.2.4, NADPH---hemoprotein reductase.
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hemin + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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mesoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
mesobiliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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protoheme + 6 reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + 3 O2 + 6 H+
biliverdin + Fe2+ + CO + 6 oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + 3 H2O
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protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O2 + H+
verdoheme + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+

biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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hemin + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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mesoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
mesobiliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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protoheme + 6 reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + 3 O2 + 6 H+
biliverdin + Fe2+ + CO + 6 oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + 3 H2O
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protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+

biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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protoheme + reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + H+
biliverdin IXalpha + Fe2+ + CO + oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
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4,5-dihydroxy-1,3-benzene disulfonic acid
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6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid
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significantly increases enzyme activity
D-ascorbate
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99% activity with D-ascorbate as compared to L-ascorbate
HClO4
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134% activity at 5% (v/v) HClO4
Tiron
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almost as effective as desferrioxamine
additional information
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not activated by EDTA, dehydroascorbate, and phenyledediamine
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desferrioxamine

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desferrioxamine
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6fold increase of activity in the presence of 2.5 mM desferrioxamine
L-ascorbate

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adding of a second electron donor, such as ascorbate, led to a 10fold increase in the heme conversion rate
L-ascorbate
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the enzyme requires an iron chelator and second reductant, such as L-ascorbate, for full activity
L-ascorbate
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required for activity
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Synechocystis sp. (P72849)
brenda
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Glycine max
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Arabidopsis thaliana
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Synechococcus sp.
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Rhie, G.; Beale, S.
Phycobilin biosynthesis: Reductant requirements and product identification for heme oxygenase from Cyanidium caldarium
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320
182-194
1995
Cyanidium caldarium
brenda
Gohya, T.; Sato, M.; Zhang, X.; Migita, C.
Variation of the oxidation state of verdoheme in the heme oxygenase reaction
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2008
Glycine max
brenda
Zhang, X.; Migita, C.; Sato, M.; Sasahara, M.; Yoshida, T.
Protein expressed by the ho2 gene of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is a true heme oxygenase: Properties of the heme and enzyme complex
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1012-1022
2005
Synechocystis sp.
brenda
Beale, S.; Cornejo, J.
Biosynthesis of phycobilins. Ferredoxin-mediated reduction of bilverdin catalyzed by extracts of Cyanidium caldarium
J. Biol. Chem.
266
22328-22332
1991
Cyanidium caldarium
brenda
Dammeyer, T.; Frankenberg-Dinkel, N.
Function and distribution of bilin biosynthesis enzymes in photosynthetic organisms
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci.
7
1121-1130
2008
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
brenda
Cornejo, J.; Willows, R.; Beale, S.
Phytobilin biosynthesis: Cloning and expression of a gene encoding soluble ferredoxin-dependent heme oxygenase from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Plant J.
15
99-107
1998
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
brenda
Willows, R.; Mayer, S.; Foulk, M.; DeLong, A.; Hanson, K.; Chory, J.; Beale, S.
Phytobilin biosynthesis: The Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 heme oxygenase-encoding ho1 gene complements a phytochrome-deficient Arabidopsis thaliana hy1 mutant
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43
113-120
2000
Synechocystis sp.
brenda
Muramoto, T.; Tsurui, N.; Terry, M.; Yokota, A.; Kohchi, T.
Expression and biochemical properties of a ferredoxin-dependent heme oxygenase required for phytochrome chromophore synthesis
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130
1958-1966
2002
Arabidopsis thaliana
brenda
Montgomery, B.L.; Lagarias, J.C.
Phytochrome ancestry: sensors of bilins and light
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7
357-366
2002
Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Anabaena sp., Synechocystis sp., Deinococcus radiodurans, Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum, Nostoc punctiforme, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas putida, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Pseudomonas syringae, Cereibacter sphaeroides, Rhodopseudomonas palustris, Prochlorococcus marinus subsp. pastoris str. CCMP1986, Prochlorococcus sp. MIT9319, no activity in Cytophaga hutchinsonii, Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, Pseudomonas putida KT 2240, Pseudomonas putida PRS1
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