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SUBMITTER: Tsukatani Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3564038 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20130205
Chlorophyllous pigments are essential for photosynthesis. Bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) b has the characteristic C8-ethylidene group and therefore is the sole naturally occurring pigment having an absorption maximum at near-infrared light wavelength. Here we report that chlorophyllide a oxidoreductase (COR), a nitrogenase-like enzyme, showed distinct substrate recognition and catalytic reaction between BChl a- and b-producing proteobacteria. COR from BChl b-producing Blastochloris viridis synthesiz ...[more]