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FunFam 24: Folate gamma-glutamyl hydrolase

There are 1 EC terms in this cluster

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EC Term Annotations Evidence
Folate gamma-glutamyl hydrolase. [EC: 3.4.19.9]
Tetrahydropteroyl-(gamma-glutamyl)(n) + (n-1) H(2)O = 5,6,7,8- tetrahydrofolate + (n-1) L-glutamate.
  • The enzyme, which occurs only in animals and plants, can be either endo- and/or exopeptidase.
  • It acts on tetrahydropteroyl polyglutamates and their modified forms, as well as the polyglutamates of the folate breakdown product N-(4-aminobenzoyl)-L-glutamate (pABA-Glu).
  • The initial cleavage may release either monoglutamate or poly-gamma- glutamate of two or more residues, depending on the specific enzyme.
  • For example, GGH1 from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana cleaves pentaglutamates, mainly to di- and triglutamates, whereas GGH2 from the same organism yields mainly monoglutamates.
  • The enzyme is lysosomal (and secreted) in animals and vacuolar in plants.
  • Belongs to peptidase family C26.
  • Formerly EC 3.4.12.10 and EC 3.4.22.12.
13 A0A178W3E6 A0A178W3E6 A7YWG4 O65355 P93164 Q54HL4 Q54LN4 Q62867 Q92820 Q9SYL6
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