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CATH Superfamily 3.40.1190.20

Ribokinase

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FunFam 42: Probable thiamine biosynthetic bifunctional enzyme

There are 2 EC terms in this cluster

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EC Term Annotations Evidence
Hydroxyethylthiazole kinase. [EC: 2.7.1.50]
ATP + 4-methyl-5-(2-hydroxyethyl)thiazole = ADP + 4-methyl-5- (2-phosphonooxyethyl)thiazole.
    		 1 P40386
    Thiamine phosphate synthase. [EC: 2.5.1.3]
    (1) 4-amino-2-methyl-5-diphosphomethylpyrimidine + 2-((2R,5Z)-2-carboxy- 4-methylthiazol-5(2H)-ylidene)ethyl phosphate = diphosphate + thiamine phosphate + CO(2). (2) 4-amino-2-methyl-5-diphosphomethylpyrimidine + 2-(2-carboxy-4- methylthiazol-5-yl)ethyl phosphate = diphosphate + thiamine phosphate + CO(2). (3) 4-amino-2-methyl-5-diphosphomethylpyrimidine + 4-methyl-5- (2-phosphono-oxyethyl)thiazole = diphosphate + thiamine phosphate.
    • The enzyme catalyzes the penultimate reaction in thiamine de novo biosynthesis, condensing the pyrimidine and thiazole components.
    • The enzyme is thought to accept the product of EC 2.8.1.10 as its substrate.
    • However, it has been shown that in some bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis, an additional enzyme, EC 5.3.99.10 converts that compound into its tautomer 2-(2-carboxy-4-methylthiazol-5-yl)ethyl phosphate, and that it is the latter that serves as the substrate for the synthase.
    • In addition to this activity, the enzyme participates in a salvage pathway, acting on 4-methyl-5-(2-phosphono-oxyethyl)thiazole, which is produced from thiamine degradation products.
    • In yeast this activity is found in a bifunctional enzyme and in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana the activity is part of a trifunctional enzyme.
    		 1 P40386
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