IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.2.1.160

Accepted name: 2,5-diamino-6-(5-phospho-D-ribosylamino)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one isomerase/dehydratase

Reaction: 2,5-diamino-6-(5-phospho-D-ribosylamino)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one = 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3'-phosphate + H2O

Systematic name: 2,5-diamino-6-(5-phospho-D-ribosylamino)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one cyclohydrolase

Comments: The enzyme participates in a folate biosynthesis pathway in Chlamydia.

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References:

1. Adams, N.E., Thiaville, J.J., Proestos, J., Juarez-Vazquez, A.L., McCoy, A.J., Barona-Gomez, F., Iwata-Reuyl, D., de Crecy-Lagard, V. and Maurelli, A.T. Promiscuous and adaptable enzymes fill "holes" in the tetrahydrofolate pathway in Chlamydia species. MBio 5 (2014) e01378. [PMID: 25006229]

[EC 4.2.1.160 created 2015]


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