- Source: Precorrin-6A reductase
In enzymology, a precorrin-6A reductase (EC 1.3.1.54) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
precorrin-6A + NADPH + H+
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precorrin-6B + NADP+
The three substrates of this enzyme are precorrin 6A, NADPH and a proton; its two products are precorrin 6B and NADP+.
This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the CH=CH group of an acceptor with NAD or NADPH as donor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is precorrin-6B:NADP+ oxidoreductase. Other names in common use include precorrin-6X reductase, precorrin-6Y:NADP+ oxidoreductase and CobK. This enzyme is part of the biosynthetic pathway to cobalamin (vitamin B12) in aerobic bacteria.
See also
Cobalamin biosynthesis
References
Blanche F, Thibaut D, Famechon A, Debussche L, Cameron B, Crouzet J (1992). "Precorrin-6x reductase from Pseudomonas denitrificans: purification and characterization of the enzyme and identification of the structural gene". J. Bacteriol. 174 (3): 1036–42. PMC 206185. PMID 1732193.
Warren MJ, Raux E, Schubert HL, Escalante-Semerena JC (2002). "The biosynthesis of adenosylcobalamin (vitamin B12)". Nat. Prod. Rep. 19 (4): 390–412. doi:10.1039/b108967f. PMID 12195810.