CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 3.30.70.100
Functional Family Antibiotic biosynthesis monooxygenase

Enzyme Information

1.14.99.57
Heme oxygenase (mycobilin-producing).
based on mapping to UniProt P9WKH3
(1) Protoheme + 3 reduced acceptor + 3 O(2) = mycobilin a + Fe(2+) + 3 acceptor + 3 H(2)O. (2) Protoheme + 3 reduced acceptor + 3 O(2) = mycobilin b + Fe(2+) + 3 acceptor + 3 H(2)O.
-!- The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is involved in heme degradation and iron utilization. -!- The enzyme binds two stacked protoheme molecules per monomer. -!- Unlike the canonical heme oxygenases, the enzyme does not release carbon monoxide or formaldehyde; instead, it forms unique products, named mycobilins, that retain the alpha-meso-carbon at the ring cleavage site as an aldehyde group. -!- EC 1.6.2.4.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P9WKH3
MHUD_MYCTU
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
Heme oxygenase (mycobilin-producing)

PDB Structure

PDB 3HX9
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Unusual Diheme Conformation of the Heme-Degrading Protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Chim, N., Iniguez, A., Nguyen, T.Q., Goulding, C.W.
J.Mol.Biol.