magnesium chelatase activity

id: GO:0016851
name: magnesium chelatase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + H(2)O + Mg(2+) + protoporphyrin IX = ADP + 2 H(+) + magnesium protoporphyrin IX + phosphate.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0051003ligase activity, forming nitrogen-metal bonds, forming coordination complexes