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==Structure of the light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase catalyzing a key reduction for greening in the dark==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3aek]] is a 4 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodobacter_capsulatus Rhodobacter capsulatus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3AEK OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3AEK FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.3&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3aek FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3aek OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3aek PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3aek RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3aek PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3aek ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/BCHN_RHOCB BCHN_RHOCB] Component of the dark-operative protochlorophyllide reductase (DPOR) that uses Mg-ATP and reduced ferredoxin to reduce ring D of protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) to form chlorophyllide a (Chlide). This reaction is light-independent. The NB-protein (BchN-BchB) is the catalytic component of the complex.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00352]<ref>PMID:18358835</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Photosynthetic organisms adopt two different strategies for the reduction of the C17 = C18 double bond of protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) to form chlorophyllide a, the direct precursor of chlorophyll a (refs 1-4). The first involves the activity of the light-dependent Pchlide oxidoreductase, and the second involves the light-independent (dark-operative) Pchlide oxidoreductase (DPOR). DPOR is a nitrogenase-like enzyme consisting of two components, L-protein (a BchL dimer) and NB-protein (a BchN-BchB heterotetramer), which are structurally related to nitrogenase Fe protein and MoFe protein, respectively. Here we report the crystal structure of the NB-protein of DPOR from Rhodobacter capsulatus at a resolution of 2.3A. As expected, the overall structure is similar to that of nitrogenase MoFe protein: each catalytic BchN-BchB unit contains one Pchlide and one iron-sulphur cluster (NB-cluster) coordinated uniquely by one aspartate and three cysteines. Unique aspartate ligation is not necessarily needed for the cluster assembly but is essential for the catalytic activity. Specific Pchlide-binding accompanies the partial unwinding of an alpha-helix that belongs to the next catalytic BchN-BchB unit. We propose a unique trans-specific reduction mechanism in which the distorted C17-propionate of Pchlide and an aspartate from BchB serve as proton donors for C18 and C17 of Pchlide, respectively. Intriguingly, the spatial arrangement of the NB-cluster and Pchlide is almost identical to that of the P-cluster and FeMo-cofactor in nitrogenase MoFe-protein, illustrating that a common architecture exists to reduce chemically stable multibonds of porphyrin and dinitrogen.

X-ray crystal structure of the light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase.,Muraki N, Nomata J, Ebata K, Mizoguchi T, Shiba T, Tamiaki H, Kurisu G, Fujita Y Nature. 2010 May 6;465(7294):110-4. PMID:20400946<ref>PMID:20400946</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Rhodobacter capsulatus]]
[[Category: Fujita Y]]
[[Category: Kurisu G]]
[[Category: Muraki N]]
[[Category: Nomata J]]
[[Category: Shiba T]]