Sirohydrochlorin

Sirohydrochlorin
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
KEGG
  • InChI=1S/C42H46N4O16/c1-41(17-39(59)60)23(5-9-35(51)52)29-14-27-21(11-37(55)56)19(3-7-33(47)48)25(43-27)13-26-20(4-8-34(49)50)22(12-38(57)58)28(44-26)15-31-42(2,18-40(61)62)24(6-10-36(53)54)30(46-31)16-32(41)45-29/h13-16,23-24,43-44H,3-12,17-18H2,1-2H3,(H,47,48)(H,49,50)(H,51,52)(H,53,54)(H,55,56)(H,57,58)(H,59,60)(H,61,62)/t23-,24-,41+,42+/m1/s1
    Key: AVBHZKNQGDKVEA-ZTKUHGNGSA-N
  • C[C@@]1([C@@H](C2=NC1=CC3=NC(=CC4=C(C(=C(N4)C=C5C(=C(C(=C2)N5)CC(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)CC(=O)O)[C@@]([C@@H]3CCC(=O)O)(C)CC(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)CC(=O)O
Properties
C42H46N4O16
Appearance yellow solid
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Sirohydrochlorin is a tetrapyrrole macrocyclic metabolic intermediate in the biosynthesis of sirohaem, the iron-containing prosthetic group in sulfite reductase enzymes. It is also the biosynthetic precursor to cofactor F430, an enzyme which catalyzes the release of methane in the final step of methanogenesis.[1]

  1. ^ Mucha, Helmut; Keller, Eberhard; Weber, Hans; Lingens, Franz; Trösch, Walter (1985-10-07). "Sirohydrochlorin, a precursor of factor F430 biosynthesis in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum". FEBS Letters. 190 (1): 169–171. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(85)80451-8.