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Pheophorbidase

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EC number
  
3.1.1.82

BRENDA
  
BRENDA entry

KEGG
  
KEGG entry

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IntEnz view

ExPASy
  
NiceZyme view

MetaCyc
  
metabolic pathway

Pheophorbidase (EC 3.1.1.82, phedase, PPD) is an enzyme with systematic name pheophorbide-a hydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

pheophorbide a + H2O ⇌ pyropheophorbide a + methanol + CO2 (overall reaction) (1a) pheophorbide a + H2O ⇌ C-132-carboxypyropheophorbide a + methanol (1b) C-132-carboxypyropheophorbide a ⇌ pyropheophorbide a + CO2 (spontaneous)

This enzyme participates in the chlorophyll degradation in higher plants and algae.

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Pheophorbidase Wikipedia
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