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  • Espineda, C.E.; Linford, A.S.; Devine, D.; Brusslan, J.A.
    The AtCAO gene, encoding chlorophyll a oxygenase, is required for chlorophyll b synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana (1999), Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 96, 10507-10511.
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Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
additional information the enzyme expression is light inducible Arabidopsis thaliana

Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
gene CAO, DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, genetic organization Arabidopsis thaliana

Protein Variants

Protein Variants Comment Organism
additional information isolation of 3 mutant plants with increased enzyme mRNA levels but reduced chlorophyll b levels Arabidopsis thaliana

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
additional information enzyme expression is reduced under dim-light conditions Arabidopsis thaliana

Localization

Localization Comment Organism GeneOntology No. Textmining
chloroplast
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Arabidopsis thaliana 9507
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thylakoid membrane the enzyme is localized in the light-harvesting complexes Arabidopsis thaliana 42651
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Arabidopsis thaliana Q9MBA1 gene CAO
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Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
chlorophyllide a + O2 + NADPH + H+
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Arabidopsis thaliana chlorophyllide b + H2O + NADP+
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
chlorophyll a oxygenase
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Arabidopsis thaliana

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
NADPH
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Arabidopsis thaliana