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CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Vaccinia Virus protein VP39
Functional Family 2-methoxy-6-polyprenyl-1,4-benzoquinol methylase, mitochondrial

Enzyme Information

2.1.1.201
2-methoxy-6-polyprenyl-1,4-benzoquinol methylase.
based on mapping to UniProt P49017
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + 2-methoxy-6-all-trans-polyprenyl-1,4- benzoquinol = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 6-methoxy-3-methyl-2-all-trans- polyprenyl-1,4-benzoquinol.
-!- This enzyme is involved in ubiquinone biosynthesis. -!- Ubiquinones from different organisms have a different number of prenyl units (for example, ubiquinone-6 in Saccharomyces, ubiquinone- 9 in rat and ubiquinone-10 in human), and thus the natural substrate for the enzymes from different organisms has a different number of prenyl units. -!- However, the enzyme usually shows a low degree of specificity regarding the number of prenyl units. -!- For example, when the COQ5 gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is introduced into Escherichia coli, it complements the respiratory deficiency of an ubiE mutant. -!- The bifunctional enzyme from E.coli also catalyzes the methylation of demethylmenaquinol-8 (this activity is classified as EC 2.1.1.163).

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P49017
COQ5_YEAST
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C
2-methoxy-6-polyprenyl-1,4-benzoquinol methylase, mitochondrial

PDB Structure

PDB 4OBX
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Crystal structures and catalytic mechanism of the C-methyltransferase Coq5 provide insights into a key step of the yeast coenzyme Q synthesis pathway.
Dai, Y.N., Zhou, K., Cao, D.D., Jiang, Y.L., Meng, F., Chi, C.B., Ren, Y.M., Chen, Y., Zhou, C.Z.
Acta Crystallogr.,Sect.D
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