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EC 1.13.11.81     
Accepted name: 7,8-dihydroneopterin oxygenase
Reaction: 7,8-dihydroneopterin + O2 = 7,8-dihydroxanthopterin + formate + glycolaldehyde
For diagram of methanopterin biosynthesis (part 1), click here
Glossary: 7,8-dihydroneopterin = 2-amino-6-[(1S,2R)-1,2,3-trihydroxypropyl]-7,8-dihydropteridin-4(3H)-one
7,8-dihydroxanthopterin = 2-amino-3,5,7,8-tetrahydropteridin-4,6-dione
Systematic name: 7,8-dihydroneopterin:oxygen oxidoreductase
Comments: The enzyme from the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is multifunctional and also catalyses the epimerisation of the 2′-hydroxy group of 7,8-dihydroneopterin (EC 5.1.99.8, 7,8-dihydroneopterin epimerase) and the reaction of EC 4.1.2.25 (dihydroneopterin aldolase).
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Czekster, C.M. and Blanchard, J.S. One substrate, five products: reactions catalyzed by the dihydroneopterin aldolase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 (2012) 19758–19771. [DOI] [PMID: 23150985]
[EC 1.13.11.81 created 2015]
 
 
EC 3.1.4.56     
Accepted name: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate phosphodiesterase
Reaction: (1) 7,8-dihydroneopterin 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate + H2O = 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-phosphate
(2) 7,8-dihydroneopterin 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate + H2O = 7,8-dihydroneopterin 2′-phosphate
For diagram of methanopterin biosynthesis (part 1), click here
Glossary: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate = 2-amino-6-{(S)-hydroxy[(4R)-2-hydroxy-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphospholan-4-yl]methyl}-7,8-dihydropteridin-4(1H)-one = 2-amino-6-[(1S,2R)-1,2,3-trihydroxypropyl]-7,8-dihydro-4(1H)-pteridinone 1,2-cyclic phosphate
7,8-dihydroeopterin 3′-phosphate = (2R,3S)-3-(2-amino-4-oxo-1,4,7,8-tetrahydropteridin-6-yl)-2,3-dihydroxypropyl phosphate
7,8-dihydroneopterin 2′-phosphate = (1S,2R)-1-(2-amino-4-oxo-1,4,7,8-tetrahydropteridin-6-yl)-1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-yl phosphate
Other name(s): MptB
Systematic name: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate 2′/3′-phosphodiesterase
Comments: Contains one zinc atom and one iron atom per subunit of the dodecameric enzyme. It hydrolyses 7,8-dihydroneopterin 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate, a step in tetrahydromethanopterin biosynthesis. In vitro the enzyme forms 7,8-dihydroneopterin 2′-phosphate and 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-phosphate at a ratio of 4:1.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Mashhadi, Z., Xu, H. and White, R.H. An Fe2+-dependent cyclic phosphodiesterase catalyzes the hydrolysis of 7,8-dihydro-D-neopterin 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate in methanopterin biosynthesis. Biochemistry 48 (2009) 9384–9392. [DOI] [PMID: 19746965]
[EC 3.1.4.56 created 2013]
 
 
EC 3.5.4.16     
Accepted name: GTP cyclohydrolase I
Reaction: GTP + H2O = formate + 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-triphosphate
For diagram of the early stages of folate biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-triphosphate = 6-[(1S,2R)-1,2-dihydroxy-3-triphosphooxypropyl]-7,8-dihydropterin
Other name(s): GTP cyclohydrolase; guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase; guanosine triphosphate 8-deformylase; dihydroneopterin triphosphate synthase; GTP 8-formylhydrolase
Systematic name: GTP 7,8-8,9-dihydrolase
Comments: The reaction involves hydrolysis of two C-N bonds and isomerization of the pentose unit; the recyclization may be non-enzymic. This enzyme is involved in the de novo synthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin from GTP, with the other enzymes involved being EC 1.1.1.153 (sepiapterin reductase) and EC 4.2.3.12 (6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase) [3].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37289-19-3
References:
1.  Burg, A.W. and Brown, G.M. The biosynthesis of folic acid. 8. Purification and properties of the enzyme that catalyzes the production of formate from carbon atom 8 of guanosine triphosphate. J. Biol. Chem. 243 (1968) 2349–2358. [PMID: 4296838]
2.  Wolf, W.A. and Brown, G.M. The biosynthesis of folic acid. X. Evidence for an Amadori rearrangement in the enzymatic formation of dihydroneopterin triphosphate from GTP. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 192 (1969) 468–478. [DOI] [PMID: 4904679]
3.  Supangat, S., Choi, Y.K., Park, Y.S., Son, D., Han, C.D. and Lee, K.H. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of sepiapterin reductase from Chlorobium tepidum. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 61 (2005) 202–204. [DOI] [PMID: 16510994]
[EC 3.5.4.16 created 1972]
 
 
EC 3.5.4.39     
Accepted name: GTP cyclohydrolase IV
Reaction: GTP + H2O = 7,8-dihydroneopterin 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate + formate + diphosphate
For diagram of methanopterin biosynthesis (part 1), click here
Glossary: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate = 2-amino-6-{(S)-hydroxy[(4R)-2-hydroxy-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphospholan-4-yl]methyl}-7,8-dihydropteridin-4(1H)-one = 2-amino-6-[(1S,2R)-1,2,3-trihydroxypropyl]-7,8-dihydro-4(1H)-pteridinone 1,2-cyclic phosphate
Other name(s): MptA; GTP cyclohydrolase MptA
Systematic name: GTP 7,8-8,9-dihydrolase (cyclizing, formate-releasing, diphosphate-releasing)
Comments: Requires Fe2+. A zinc protein. The enzyme is involved in methanopterin biosynthesis in methanogenic archaea. cf. GTP cyclohydrolase I (EC 3.5.4.16), GTP cyclohydrolase II (EC 3.5.4.25) and GTP cyclohydrolase IIa (EC 3.5.4.29).
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Grochowski, L.L., Xu, H., Leung, K. and White, R.H. Characterization of an Fe2+-dependent archaeal-specific GTP cyclohydrolase, MptA, from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii. Biochemistry 46 (2007) 6658–6667. [DOI] [PMID: 17497938]
[EC 3.5.4.39 created 2013]
 
 
EC 3.6.1.67     
Accepted name: dihydroneopterin triphosphate diphosphatase
Reaction: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-triphosphate + H2O = 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-phosphate + diphosphate
Other name(s): folQ (gene name); nudB (gene name); NUDT1 (gene name); dihydroneopterin triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase
Systematic name: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-triphosphate diphosphohydrolase
Comments: The enzyme participates in a folate biosynthesis pathway, which is found in bacteria, fungi, and plants. Requires Mg2+.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Suzuki, Y. and Brown, G.M. The biosynthesis of folic acid. XII. Purification and properties of dihydroneopterin triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase. J. Biol. Chem. 249 (1974) 2405–2410. [PMID: 4362677]
2.  O'Handley, S.F., Frick, D.N., Bullions, L.C., Mildvan, A.S. and Bessman, M.J. Escherichia coli orf17 codes for a nucleoside triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase member of the MutT family of proteins. Cloning, purification, and characterization of the enzyme. J. Biol. Chem. 271 (1996) 24649–24654. [DOI] [PMID: 8798731]
3.  Klaus, S.M., Wegkamp, A., Sybesma, W., Hugenholtz, J., Gregory, J.F., 3rd and Hanson, A.D. A nudix enzyme removes pyrophosphate from dihydroneopterin triphosphate in the folate synthesis pathway of bacteria and plants. J. Biol. Chem. 280 (2005) 5274–5280. [DOI] [PMID: 15611104]
4.  Gabelli, S.B., Bianchet, M.A., Xu, W., Dunn, C.A., Niu, Z.D., Amzel, L.M. and Bessman, M.J. Structure and function of the E. coli dihydroneopterin triphosphate pyrophosphatase: a Nudix enzyme involved in folate biosynthesis. Structure 15 (2007) 1014–1022. [DOI] [PMID: 17698004]
[EC 3.6.1.67 created 2014]
 
 
EC 4.1.2.25     
Accepted name: dihydroneopterin aldolase
Reaction: 7,8-dihydroneopterin = 6-(hydroxymethyl)-7,8-dihydropterin + glycolaldehyde
For diagram of folate biosynthesis (late stages), click here and for diagram of methanopterin biosynthesis (part 1), click here
Other name(s): 7,8-dihydroneopterin aldolase; 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-(D-erythro-1,2,3-trihydroxypropyl)-7,8-dihydropteridine glycolaldehyde-lyase; 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-(D-erythro-1,2,3-trihydroxypropyl)-7,8-dihydropteridine glycolaldehyde-lyase (2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropteridine-forming); DHNA; mptD (gene name); folB (gene name)
Systematic name: 7,8-dihydroneopterin glycolaldehyde-lyase [6-(hydroxymethyl)-7,8-dihydropterin-forming]
Comments: The enzyme participates in folate (in bacteria, plants and fungi) and methanopterin (in archaea) biosynthesis. The enzymes from the bacterium Escherichia coli and the plant Arabidopsis thaliana also catalyse the epimerisation of the 2′ hydroxy-group (EC 5.1.99.8, 7,8-dihydroneopterin epimerase) [2,3]. The enzyme from the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is trifunctional and also catalyses EC 5.1.99.8 and EC 1.13.11.81, 7,8-dihydroneopterin oxygenase [6]. The enzyme from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae also catalyses the two subsequent steps in the folate biosynthesis pathway - EC 2.7.6.3, 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)dihydropteridine diphosphokinase, and EC 2.5.1.15, dihydropteroate synthase [4].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37290-59-8
References:
1.  Mathis, J.B. and Brown, G.M. The biosynthesis of folic acid. XI. Purification and properties of dihydroneopterin aldolase. J. Biol. Chem. 245 (1970) 3015–3025. [PMID: 4912541]
2.  Haussmann, C., Rohdich, F., Schmidt, E., Bacher, A. and Richter, G. Biosynthesis of pteridines in Escherichia coli. Structural and mechanistic similarity of dihydroneopterin-triphosphate epimerase and dihydroneopterin aldolase. J. Biol. Chem. 273 (1998) 17418–17424. [DOI] [PMID: 9651328]
3.  Goyer, A., Illarionova, V., Roje, S., Fischer, M., Bacher, A. and Hanson, A.D. Folate biosynthesis in higher plants. cDNA cloning, heterologous expression, and characterization of dihydroneopterin aldolases. Plant Physiol. 135 (2004) 103–111. [DOI] [PMID: 15107504]
4.  Güldener, U., Koehler, G.J., Haussmann, C., Bacher, A., Kricke, J., Becher, D. and Hegemann, J.H. Characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fol1 protein: starvation for C1 carrier induces pseudohyphal growth. Mol. Biol. Cell 15 (2004) 3811–3828. [DOI] [PMID: 15169867]
5.  Czekster, C.M. and Blanchard, J.S. One substrate, five products: reactions catalyzed by the dihydroneopterin aldolase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 (2012) 19758–19771. [DOI] [PMID: 23150985]
6.  Wang, Y., Xu, H., Grochowski, L.L. and White, R.H. Biochemical characterization of a dihydroneopterin aldolase used for methanopterin biosynthesis in methanogens. J. Bacteriol. 196 (2014) 3191–3198. [DOI] [PMID: 24982305]
7.  Blaszczyk, J., Lu, Z., Li, Y., Yan, H. and Ji, X. Crystallographic and molecular dynamics simulation analysis of Escherichia coli dihydroneopterin aldolase. Cell Biosci 4:52 (2014). [DOI] [PMID: 25264482]
[EC 4.1.2.25 created 1972, modified 2015]
 
 
EC 4.1.2.50     
Accepted name: 6-carboxytetrahydropterin synthase
Reaction: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-triphosphate + H2O = 6-carboxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin + acetaldehyde + triphosphate
For diagram of queuine biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-triphosphate = 2-amino-6-[(1S,2R)-1,2-dihydroxy-3-triphosphooxypropyl]-4-oxo-2,3,7,8-tetrahydropteridine
6-carboxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin = 2-amino-4-oxo-2,3,5,6,7,8-hexahydropteridine-6-carboxylate
Other name(s): CPH4 synthase; queD (gene name); ToyB; ykvK (gene name)
Systematic name: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-triphosphate acetaldehyde-lyase (6-carboxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin and triphosphate-forming)
Comments: Binds Zn2+. Isolated from the bacteria Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli. The reaction is part of the biosynthesis pathway of queuosine.The enzyme from Escherichia coli can also convert 6-pyruvoyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin and sepiapterin to 6-carboxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin [2].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Cicmil, N. and Shi, L. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of queD from Bacillus subtilis, an enzyme involved in queuosine biosynthesis. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 64 (2008) 119–122. [DOI] [PMID: 18259064]
2.  McCarty, R.M., Somogyi, A. and Bandarian, V. Escherichia coli QueD is a 6-carboxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin synthase. Biochemistry 48 (2009) 2301–2303. [DOI] [PMID: 19231875]
[EC 4.1.2.50 created 2012]
 
 
EC 4.1.2.59     
Accepted name: dihydroneopterin phosphate aldolase
Reaction: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-phosphate = 6-(hydroxymethyl)-7,8-dihydropterin + glycolaldehyde phosphate
Other name(s): H2NMP aldolase
Systematic name: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-phosphate glycolaldehyde phosphate-lyase [6-(hydroxymethyl)-7,8-dihydropterin-forming]
Comments: The enzyme participates in methanopterin biosynthesis the archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus. The enzyme is specific for 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-phosphate. cf. EC 4.1.2.25, dihydroneopterin aldolase and EC 4.1.2.60, dihydroneopterin triphosphate aldolase.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  de Crecy-Lagard, V., Phillips, G., Grochowski, L.L., El Yacoubi, B., Jenney, F., Adams, M.W., Murzin, A.G. and White, R.H. Comparative genomics guided discovery of two missing archaeal enzyme families involved in the biosynthesis of the pterin moiety of tetrahydromethanopterin and tetrahydrofolate. ACS Chem. Biol. 7 (2012) 1807–1816. [DOI] [PMID: 22931285]
[EC 4.1.2.59 created 2017]
 
 
EC 4.1.2.60     
Accepted name: dihydroneopterin triphosphate aldolase
Reaction: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-triphosphate = 6-(hydroxymethyl)-7,8-dihydropterin + glycolaldehyde triphosphate
Other name(s): PTPS-III
Systematic name: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-triphosphate glycolaldehyde phosphate-lyase [6-(hydroxymethyl)-7,8-dihydropterin-forming]
Comments: The enzyme, which participates in a pathway for folate biosynthesis, is found in the Stramenopiles, a large group that includes oomycetes, various microalgae and brown algae, as well as in several bacterial phyla. It provides a bypass mechanism compensating for the lack of EC 4.1.2.25, dihydroneopterin aldolase. In the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum the enzyme is bifunctional and also catalyses the activity of EC 4.2.3.12, 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase. cf. EC 4.1.2.59, dihydroneopterin phosphate aldolase.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Dittrich, S., Mitchell, S.L., Blagborough, A.M., Wang, Q., Wang, P., Sims, P.F. and Hyde, J.E. An atypical orthologue of 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase can provide the missing link in the folate biosynthesis pathway of malaria parasites. Mol. Microbiol. 67 (2008) 609–618. [DOI] [PMID: 18093090]
2.  Hyde, J.E., Dittrich, S., Wang, P., Sims, P.F., de Crecy-Lagard, V. and Hanson, A.D. Plasmodium falciparum: a paradigm for alternative folate biosynthesis in diverse microorganisms. Trends Parasitol. 24 (2008) 502–508. [DOI] [PMID: 18805734]
3.  Pribat, A., Jeanguenin, L., Lara-Nunez, A., Ziemak, M.J., Hyde, J.E., de Crecy-Lagard, V. and Hanson, A.D. 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase paralogs replace the folate synthesis enzyme dihydroneopterin aldolase in diverse bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 191 (2009) 4158–4165. [DOI] [PMID: 19395485]
[EC 4.1.2.60 created 2017]
 
 
EC 4.2.1.160     
Accepted name: 2,5-diamino-6-(5-phospho-D-ribosylamino)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one isomerase/dehydratase
Reaction: 2,5-diamino-6-(5-phospho-D-ribosylamino)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one = 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-phosphate + H2O
Systematic name: 2,5-diamino-6-(5-phospho-D-ribosylamino)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one cyclohydrolase
Comments: The enzyme participates in a folate biosynthesis pathway in Chlamydia.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Adams, N.E., Thiaville, J.J., Proestos, J., Juarez-Vazquez, A.L., McCoy, A.J., Barona-Gomez, F., Iwata-Reuyl, D., de Crecy-Lagard, V. and Maurelli, A.T. Promiscuous and adaptable enzymes fill "holes" in the tetrahydrofolate pathway in Chlamydia species. MBio 5 (2014) e01378. [DOI] [PMID: 25006229]
[EC 4.2.1.160 created 2015]
 
 
EC 4.2.3.12     
Accepted name: 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase
Reaction: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-triphosphate = 6-pyruvoyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin + triphosphate
For diagram of biopterin biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-triphosphate = 6-[(1S,2R)-1,2-dihydroxy-3-triphosphooxypropyl]-7,8-dihydropterin
Other name(s): 2-amino-4-oxo-6-[(1S,2R)-1,2-dihydroxy-3-triphosphooxypropyl]-7,8-dihydroxypteridine triphosphate lyase; 6-[(1S,2R)-1,2-dihydroxy-3-triphosphooxypropyl]-7,8-dihydropterin triphosphate-lyase (6-pyruvoyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin-forming)
Systematic name: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-triphosphate triphosphate-lyase (6-pyruvoyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin-forming)
Comments: Catalyses triphosphate elimination and an intramolecular redox reaction in the presence of Mg2+. It has been identified in human liver. This enzyme is involved in the de novo synthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin from GTP, with the other enzymes involved being EC 1.1.1.153 (sepiapterin reductase) and EC 3.5.4.16 (GTP cyclohydrolase I) [3].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 97089-82-2
References:
1.  Milstien, S., Kaufman, S. The biosynthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin in rat brain. Purification and characterization of 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydrobiopterin(2′-oxo) reductase. J. Biol. Chem. 264 (1989) 8066–8073. [PMID: 2656673]
2.  Thöny, B., Leimbacher, W., Bürgisser, D., Heinzmann, C.W. Human 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydrobiopterin synthase: cDNA cloning and heterologous expression of the recombinant enzyme. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 189 (1992) 1437–1443. [DOI] [PMID: 1282802]
3.  Supangat, S., Choi, Y.K., Park, Y.S., Son, D., Han, C.D. and Lee, K.H. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of sepiapterin reductase from Chlorobium tepidum. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 61 (2005) 202–204. [DOI] [PMID: 16510994]
[EC 4.2.3.12 created 1999 as EC 4.6.1.10, transferred 2000 to EC 4.2.3.12, modified 2001]
 
 
EC 5.1.99.7     
Accepted name: dihydroneopterin triphosphate 2′-epimerase
Reaction: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-triphosphate = 7,8-dihydromonapterin 3′-triphosphate
For diagram of monapterin biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-triphosphate = (2R,3S)-3-(2-amino-4-oxo-3,4,7,8-tetrahydropteridin-6-yl)-2,3-dihydroxypropyl triphosphate
7,8-dihydromonapterin 3′-triphosphate = (2S,3S)-3-(2-amino-4-oxo-3,4,7,8-tetrahydropteridin-6-yl)-2,3-dihydroxypropyl triphosphate
Other name(s): D-erythro-7,8-dihydroneopterin triphosphate epimerase; folX (gene name)
Systematic name: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3′-triphosphate 2′-epimerase
Comments: The enzyme, found in gammaproteobacteria, has almost no activity with 7,8-dihydroneopterin [2].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Ahn, C., Byun, J. and Yim, J. Purification, cloning, and functional expression of dihydroneopterin triphosphate 2′-epimerase from Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 272 (1997) 15323–15328. [DOI] [PMID: 9182560]
2.  Haussmann, C., Rohdich, F., Schmidt, E., Bacher, A. and Richter, G. Biosynthesis of pteridines in Escherichia coli. Structural and mechanistic similarity of dihydroneopterin-triphosphate epimerase and dihydroneopterin aldolase. J. Biol. Chem. 273 (1998) 17418–17424. [DOI] [PMID: 9651328]
[EC 5.1.99.7 created 2015]
 
 
EC 5.1.99.8     
Accepted name: 7,8-dihydroneopterin epimerase
Reaction: 7,8-dihydroneopterin = 7,8-dihydromonapterin
Glossary: 7,8-dihydroneopterin = 2-amino-6-[(1S,2R)-1,2,3-trihydroxypropyl]-7,8-dihydropteridin-4(3H)-one
7,8-dihydromonapterin = 2-amino-6-[(1S,2S)-1,2,3-trihydroxypropyl]-7,8-dihydropteridin-4(3H)-one
Systematic name: 7,8-dihydroneopterin 2′-epimerase
Comments: The enzyme, which has been characterized in bacteria and plants, also has the activity of EC 4.1.2.25, dihydroneopterin aldolase. The enzyme from the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis has an additional oxygenase function (EC 1.13.11.81, 7,8-dihydroneopterin oxygenase) [4].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Haussmann, C., Rohdich, F., Schmidt, E., Bacher, A. and Richter, G. Biosynthesis of pteridines in Escherichia coli. Structural and mechanistic similarity of dihydroneopterin-triphosphate epimerase and dihydroneopterin aldolase. J. Biol. Chem. 273 (1998) 17418–17424. [DOI] [PMID: 9651328]
2.  Goyer, A., Illarionova, V., Roje, S., Fischer, M., Bacher, A. and Hanson, A.D. Folate biosynthesis in higher plants. cDNA cloning, heterologous expression, and characterization of dihydroneopterin aldolases. Plant Physiol. 135 (2004) 103–111. [DOI] [PMID: 15107504]
3.  Czekster, C.M. and Blanchard, J.S. One substrate, five products: reactions catalyzed by the dihydroneopterin aldolase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 (2012) 19758–19771. [DOI] [PMID: 23150985]
4.  Blaszczyk, J., Lu, Z., Li, Y., Yan, H. and Ji, X. Crystallographic and molecular dynamics simulation analysis of Escherichia coli dihydroneopterin aldolase. Cell Biosci 4:52 (2014). [DOI] [PMID: 25264482]
[EC 5.1.99.8 created 2015]
 
 


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