title: Mechanisms of regulation and interplastid localization of chlorophyll biosynthesis.
abstract: The current concepts of chlorophyll biosynthesis, its interplastid localization, biosynthetic and biochemical heterogeneity, mechanisms of regulation of the key reactions, formation of 5-aminolevulinic acid and incorporation of magnesium into protoporphyrin IX, are reviewed. The literature and author's data demonstrate the existence of in vivo multienzyme systems synthesizing chlorophyll and its precursors as monovinyl and divinyl chemical species. Both types of the multienzyme systems synthesize 5-aminolevulinic acid and regulate this process independently. A hypothesis is considered that the function of the magnesium branch of chlorophyll biosynthesis in vivo is controlled by a mechanism through inhibition of the enzymes by their products because of the limitation of the binding sites for them in the membrane. An additional influence of light on the Mg-chelatase activity not only via the photosynthetic supply with ATP but also through the light-induced synthesis of the enzyme molecules de novo is described. Efficient energy migration from protoporphyrin IX and Mg-protoporphyrin IX (monomethyl ester) molecules to the protochlorophyllide active form detected by the author is discussed considering a close location of these pigments in plastid membranes and the enzymes participating in their formation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Photobiology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk. averina@bas07.basnet.minsk.by
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Averina
mesh_terms: D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D018087:Plastids / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002734:Chlorophyll