CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 3.30.1360.170
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

2.1.1.148
Thymidylate synthase (FAD).
based on mapping to UniProt Q9WYT0
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + dUMP + NADPH = dTMP + tetrahydrofolate + NADP(+).
-!- Contains FAD. -!- All thymidylate synthases catalyze a reductive methylation involving the transfer of the methylene group of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate to the C5-position of dUMP and a two electron reduction of the methylene group to a methyl group. -!- Unlike the classical thymidylate synthase, ThyA (EC 2.1.1.45), which uses folate as both a 1-carbon donor and a source of reducing equivalents, this enzyme uses a flavin coenzyme as a source of reducing equivalents, which are derived from NADPH.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q9WYT0
THYX_THEMA
Thermotoga maritima MSB8
Flavin-dependent thymidylate synthase

PDB Structure

PDB 3G4A
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
An unusual mechanism of thymidylate biosynthesis in organisms containing the thyX gene.
Koehn, E.M., Fleischmann, T., Conrad, J.A., Palfey, B.A., Lesley, S.A., Mathews, I.I., Kohen, A.
Nature
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