CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily P-loop containing nucleotide triphosphate hydrolases
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

6.6.1.1
Magnesium chelatase.
based on mapping to UniProt P26239
ATP + protoporphyrin IX + Mg(2+) + H(2)O = ADP + phosphate + Mg-protoporphyrin IX + 2 H(+).
-!- This is the first committed step of chlorophyll biosynthesis and is a branchpoint of two major routes in the tetrapyrrole pathway.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P26239
BCHI_RHOCB
Rhodobacter capsulatus SB 1003
Magnesium-chelatase 38 kDa subunit

PDB Structure

PDB 1G8P
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Interplay between an AAA module and an integrin I domain may regulate the function of magnesium chelatase.
Fodje, M.N., Hansson, A., Hansson, M., Olsen, J.G., Gough, S., Willows, R.D., Al-Karadaghi, S.
J.Mol.Biol.