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- * Serine hydroxymethyltransferase pyridoxal-phosphate attachment site *
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- Serine hydroxymethyltransferase (EC 2.1.2.1) (SHMT) [1] catalyzes the transfer
- of the hydroxymethyl group of serine to tetrahydrofolate to form 5,10-
- methylenetetrahydrofolate and glycine. In vertebrates, it exists in a
- cytoplasmic and a mitochondrial form whereas only one form is found in
- prokaryotes. Serine hydroxymethyltransferase is a pyridoxal-phosphate
- containing enzyme. The pyridoxal-P group is attached to a lysine residue
- around which the sequence is highly conserved in all forms of the enzyme.
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- -Consensus pattern: [ST](4)-H-K-[ST]-L-x-G-x-R-[GSA](2)
- [K is the pyridoxal-P attachment site]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
- -Last update: June 1994 / Pattern and text revised.
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- [ 1] Usha R., Savithri H.S., Rao N.A.
- Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1204:75-83(1994).
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