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BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
Volume 89, Issue 2, Pages 161-173Publisher
CHEMICAL SOC JAPAN
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20150307
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [24107002, 26840099]
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), PRESTO
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26840099, 24107002, 15H01063] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Photosynthetically active chlorophyll molecules are biosynthesized from 5-aminolevulinic acid through protoporphyrin IX. The multistep enzymatic transformations were well investigated, but their pathways and reaction mechanisms have not been fully elucidated in the late stages. The biosynthetic pathways of (bacterio)chlorophylls from protoporphyrin IX are here described from a chemical viewpoint, especially focusing on the reduction processes of the C=C double to C-C single bonds. The regioselective and stereoselective trans-hydrogenation is performed in the enzymatic reductions.
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