NCBI Accession #
O24133.1
NCBI Official Full Name
Magnesium-chelatase subunit ChlD, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
Mg-chelatase subunit D
UniProt Protein Name
Magnesium-chelatase subunit ChlD, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Mg-protoporphyrin IX chelatase subunit ChlD
UniProt Primary Accession #
O24133
UniProt Comments
Involved in chlorophyll biosynthesis. Catalyzes the insertion of magnesium ion into protoporphyrin IX to yield Mg-protoporphyrin IX. The magnesium-chelatase is a complex of three subunits, CHLI, CHLD and CHLH. The reaction takes place in two steps, with an ATP-dependent activation followed by an ATP-dependent chelation step.