Phycoerythrobilin_synthase

Phycoerythrobilin synthase

Phycoerythrobilin synthase

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Phycoerythrobilin synthase (EC 1.3.7.6, PebS) is an enzyme with systematic name (3Z)-phycoerythrobilin:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (from biliverdin IX alpha).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(3Z)-phycoerythrobilin + 2 oxidized ferredoxin biliverdin IX alpha + 2 reduced ferredoxin
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This enzyme, from a cyanophage infecting oceanic cyanobacteria of the Prochlorococcus genus.

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    Dammeyer T, Bagby SC, Sullivan MB, Chisholm SW, Frankenberg-Dinkel N (March 2008). "Efficient phage-mediated pigment biosynthesis in oceanic cyanobacteria". Current Biology. 18 (6): 442–8. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.067. PMID 18356052.
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