Reaction Details
Reaction: Thumb
(S)-4-amino-5-oxopentanoate + a tRNAglu + NADP+ ← an L-glutamyl-[tRNAGlu] + NADPH
Enzymes:
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PseudoCyc Reaction ID:GLUTRNAREDUCT-RXN
References:
  • Pontoppidan B, Kannangara CG (1994). "Purification and partial characterisation of barley glutamyl-tRNA(Glu) reductase, the enzyme that directs glutamate to chlorophyll biosynthesis." Eur J Biochem 225(2);529-37. PMID: 7957167