The aerobic cobalt chelatase (aerobic cobalamin biosynthesis pathway)[2][3] consists of three subunits, CobT, CobN (InterPro: IPR003672) and CobS (InterPro: IPR006537).
The macrocycleofvitamin B12 can be complexed with metal via the ATP-dependent reactions in the aerobic pathway (e.g., in Pseudomonas denitrificans) or via ATP-independent reactions of sirohydrochlorin in the anaerobic pathway (e.g., in Salmonella typhimurium).[4][5] The corresponding cobalt chelatases are not homologous. However, aerobic cobalt chelatase subunits CobN and CobS are homologous to Mg-chelatase subunits BchH and BchI, respectively.[5] CobT, too, has been found to be remotely related to the third subunit of Mg-chelatase, BchD (involved in bacteriochlorophyll synthesis, e.g., in Rhodobacter capsulatus).[5]
This enzyme belongs to the family of ligases, specifically those forming nitrogen-D-metal bonds in coordination complexes. The systematic name of this enzyme class is hydrogenobyrinic-acid-a,c-diamide:cobalt cobalt-ligase (ADP-forming). Other names in common use include hydrogenobyrinic acid a,c-diamide cobaltochelatase, CobNST, and CobNCobST. This enzyme is part of the biosynthetic pathway to cobalamin (vitamin B12) in aerobicbacteria.
^ abcWillows RD, Al-Karadaghi S, Hansson M, Fodje MN, Hansson A, Olsen JG, Gough S (2001). "Interplay between an AAA module and an integrin I domain may regulate the function of magnesium chelatase". J. Mol. Biol. 311 (1): 111–122. doi:10.1006/jmbi.2001.4834. PMID11469861.
ADP + phosphate + cob(II)yrinic acid a,c-diamide + H+
