Pheophorbidase
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Pheophorbidase (EC 3.1.1.82, phedase, PPD) is an enzyme with systematic name pheophorbide-a hydrolase.[1][2][3] It catalyses the following reaction:
- pheophorbide a + H2O pyropheophorbide a + methanol + CO2 (overall reaction)
- (1a) pheophorbide a + H2O C-132-carboxypyropheophorbide a + methanol
- (1b) C-132-carboxypyropheophorbide a pyropheophorbide a + CO2 (spontaneous)
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EC no. | 3.1.1.82 | ||||||||
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IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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This enzyme participates in the chlorophyll degradation in higher plants and algae.