Reaction: cobalt-sirohydrochlorin + 2 H+ = sirohydrochlorin + Co2+
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Other name(s): CbiK; CbiX; CbiXS; anaerobic cobalt chelatase; cobaltochelatase [ambiguous]; sirohydrochlorin cobalt-lyase
Systematic name: cobalt-sirohydrochlorin cobalt-lyase (sirohydrochlorin-forming)
Comments: This enzyme, which forms part of the anaerobic (early cobalt insertion) cobalamin biosynthesis pathway, is an ATP-independent type II chelatase. Two distinct forms are known - a primordial form named CbiX, which is most common in archaea, and a strictly bacterial form named CbiK. See EC 6.6.1.2, cobaltochelatase, for the cobaltochelatase that participates in the aerobic cobalamin biosynthesis pathway.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
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