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cob(II)alamin<br />

NADPH + H +<br />

MSR<br />

cob(II)alamin<br />

NADPH + H +<br />

MSR<br />

cob(II)alamin<br />

NADPH + H +<br />

MSR<br />

NADP + NADP + NADP +<br />

88<br />

Scheme 1: Cob(I)alamin is released in solution and diffuses to the ATR<br />

cob(I)alamin<br />

ATP<br />

ATR<br />

Scheme 2: MSR reduces ATR-bound cob(II)alamin<br />

ATR + cob(II)alamin<br />

ATR—cob(II)alamin<br />

ATR<br />

MSR<br />

tight tight complex<br />

complex<br />

NADPH NADPH NADPH + H +<br />

+<br />

ATP<br />

AdoCbl<br />

+ PPPi<br />

NADP + NADP + NADP +<br />

AdoCbl<br />

+ PPPi<br />

+ MSR<br />

+ ATR<br />

Figure 3-5. Two schemes depicting the conversion of cob(II)alamin to AdoCbl by the<br />

MSR-ATR system. In scheme 1, MSR reduces cob(II)alamin to<br />

cob(I)alamin and releases it free in solution for diffusion to the ATR. This<br />

scheme seems unlikely due to the high nucleophilic nature of cob(I)alamin.<br />

In scheme 2, MSR reduces cob(II)alamin while bound to the ATR thereby<br />

sequestering the highly reactive cob(I)alamin molecule and protecting it from<br />

oxidation and then adenosylation can occur. MSR, a dual flavoprotein,<br />

mediates the one electron transfer to cob(II)alamin from the two-electron<br />

donor, NADPH.

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