Magnesium-chelatase is a three-component enzyme that catalyses the insertion of Mg2+ into protoporphyrin IX. This is the first unique step in the synthesis of (bacterio)chlorophyll. Due to this, it is thought that Mg-chelatase has an important ro ...
Magnesium-chelatase is a three-component enzyme that catalyses the insertion of Mg2+ into protoporphyrin IX. This is the first unique step in the synthesis of (bacterio)chlorophyll. Due to this, it is thought that Mg-chelatase has an important role in channelling inter- mediates into the (bacterio)chlorophyll branch in response to conditions suitable for photosynthetic growth. ChlI and BchD have molecular weight between 38-42 kDa.
The species-specific Lon-insertion domain (LID) is characteristic of Lon proteases (also known as endopeptidase La) and is fused to the AAA+ module [1]. Bacterial and eukaryotic Lons (LonA) have a LID at the N-terminal of AAA+ module; in archaeal Lon ...
The species-specific Lon-insertion domain (LID) is characteristic of Lon proteases (also known as endopeptidase La) and is fused to the AAA+ module [1]. Bacterial and eukaryotic Lons (LonA) have a LID at the N-terminal of AAA+ module; in archaeal Lons (LonB) the LID, represented in this entry, is inserted within the AAA+ module in a series of transmembrane segments known as the membrane-anchoring region (MA). In the Lon-like protease LonC, which does not have ATPase activity, the LID is also within the AAA-like module similar to LonBs; in this case, it is predicted to contain coiled-coil regions rather than transmembrane segments [1].