Sirohydrochlorin

Sirohydrochlorin is a tetrapyrrole macrocyclic metabolic intermediate in the biosynthesis of sirohaem, the iron-containing prosthetic group in sulfite reductase enzymes. It is also the biosynthetic precursor to cofactor F430, an enzyme which catalyzes the release of methane in the final step of methanogenesis.^[1]

Sirohydrochlorin

Identifiers
CAS Number	65207-12-7 Y
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
ChEBI	CHEBI:18023
ChemSpider	16736728
KEGG	C05778
PubChem CID	196427
InChI InChI=1S/C42H46N4O16/c1-41(17-39(59)60)23(5-9-35(51)52)29-14-27-21(11-37(55)56)19(3-7-33(47)48)25(43-27)13-26-20(4-8-34(49)50)22(12-38(57)58)28(44-26)15-31-42(2,18-40(61)62)24(6-10-36(53)54)30(46-31)16-32(41)45-29/h13-16,23-24,43-44H,3-12,17-18H2,1-2H3,(H,47,48)(H,49,50)(H,51,52)(H,53,54)(H,55,56)(H,57,58)(H,59,60)(H,61,62)/t23-,24-,41+,42+/m1/s1 Key: AVBHZKNQGDKVEA-ZTKUHGNGSA-N
SMILES C[C@@]1([C@@H](C2=NC1=CC3=NC(=CC4=C(C(=C(N4)C=C5C(=C(C(=C2)N5)CC(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)CC(=O)O)[C@@]([C@@H]3CCC(=O)O)(C)CC(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)CC(=O)O
Properties
Chemical formula	C42H46N4O16
Appearance	yellow solid
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Structure

Sirohydrochlorin was first isolated in the early 1970s when it was shown to be the metal-free form of the prosthetic group in the ferredoxin-nitrite reductase from spinach.^[2] Its chemical identity was established by spectroscopy and by total synthesis.^[3][4][5]

Biosynthesis

Sirohydrochlorin is derived from a tetrapyrrolic structural framework created by the enzymes deaminase and cosynthetase which transform aminolevulinic acid via porphobilinogen and hydroxymethylbilane to uroporphyrinogen III. The latter is the first macrocyclic intermediate common to haem, chlorophyll, sirohaem and vitamin B₁₂. Uroporphyrinogen III is subsequently transformed by the addition of two methyl groups to form dihydrosirohydrochlorin and this is oxidised by precorrin-2 dehydrogenase to give sirohydrochlorin.^[6]

See also

• Sirohydrochlorin ferrochelatase an enzyme that catalyzes insertion of iron to form siroheme.
• Sirohydrochlorin cobaltochelatase an enzyme that catalyzes insertion of cobalt.