Reaction: geranylgeranyl diphosphate + bacteriochlorophyllide a = geranylgeranyl-bacteriochlorophyllide a + diphosphate
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Other name(s): bchG (gene name)
Systematic name: geranylgeranyl-diphosphate:bacteriochlorophyllide-a geranylgeranytransferase
Comments: The enzyme catalyses the addition of a geranylgeranyl hydrophobic chain to bacteriochlorophyllide a via an ester bond with the 17-propionate residue. The side chain is later modified to a phytyl chain, resulting in bacteriochlorophyll a.
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References:
1. Oster, U., Bauer, C.E. and Rüdiger, W. Characterization of chlorophyll a and bacteriochlorophyll a synthases by heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 272 (1997) 9671-9676. [PMID: 9092496]
2. Addlesee, H.A., Fiedor, L. and Hunter, C.N. Physical mapping of bchG, orf427, and orf177 in the photosynthesis gene cluster of Rhodobacter sphaeroides: functional assignment of the bacteriochlorophyll synthetase gene. J. Bacteriol. 182 (2000) 3175-3182. [PMID: 10809697]
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