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- * Formate--tetrahydrofolate ligase signatures *
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- Formate--tetrahydrofolate ligase (EC 6.3.4.3) (formyltetrahydrofolate
- synthetase) (FTHFS) is one of the enzymes participating in the transfer of
- one-carbon units, an essential element of various biosynthetic pathways. In
- many of these processes the transfers of one-carbon units are mediated by the
- coenzyme tetrahydrofolate (THF). Various reactions generate one-carbon
- derivatives of THF which can be interconverted between different oxidation
- states by FTHFS, methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase (EC 1.5.1.5) and
- methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase (EC 3.5.4.9).
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- In eukaryotes the FTHFS activity is expressed by a multifunctional enzyme,
- C-1-tetrahydrofolate synthase (C1-THF synthase), which also catalyzes the
- dehydrogenase and cyclohydrolase activities. Two forms of C1-THF synthases are
- known [1], one is located in the mitochondrial matrix, while the second one
- is cytoplasmic. In both forms the FTHFS domain consist of about 600 amino
- acid residues and is located in the C-terminal section of C1-THF synthase. In
- prokaryotes FTHFS activity is expressed by a monofunctional homotetrameric
- enzyme of about 560 amino acid residues [2].
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- The sequence of FTHFS is highly conserved in all forms of the enzyme. As
- signature patterns we selected two regions that are almost perfectly
- conserved. The first one is a glycine-rich segment located in the N-terminal
- part of FTHFS and which could be part of an ATP-binding domain [2]. The second
- pattern is located in the central section of FTHFS.
-
- -Consensus pattern: G-[LIVM]-K-G-G-A-A-G-G-G-Y
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
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- -Consensus pattern: V-A-T-V-R-A-L-K-x-H-G-G
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
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- -Last update: December 1992 / First entry.
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- [ 1] Shannon K.W., Rabinowitz J.C.
- J. Biol. Chem. 263:7717-7725(1988).
- [ 2] Lovell C.R., Przybyla A., Ljungdahl L.G.
- Biochemistry 29:5687-5694(1990).
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