Crystallization of the bifunctional methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase/methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase domain of the human trifunctional enzyme. 1996

M Allaire, and Y Li, and N R Mejia, and J N Pelletier, and R E MacKenzie, and M Cygler
Institut de Recherche en Biotechnologie, Conseil National de Recherche du Canada, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Methylenetetrahydrofolate([H4] folate) dehydrogenase (D) and methenyl[H4] folate cyclohydrolase (C) coexist as a bifunctional enzyme (DC) or as the amino-terminal domain of a trifunctional enzyme (DCS) where the third activity is 10-formyl[H4]folate synthetase (S). Two crystal forms of the DC domain of the human cytosolic DCS enzyme have been grown from polyethyleneglycol solution. The monoclinic P2(1) crystals diffract to 2.8 A with a = 72.5 A, b = 68.5 A, c = 125.2 A, and beta = 91.8 degrees but were found to be twinned. The orthorhombic P2(1)2(1)2(1) crystals diffract to 2.5 A with a = 67.7 A, b = 135.9 A, c = 61.6 A, and contain two molecules per asymmetric unit.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008754 Methylenetetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase (NADP) An NADP-dependent oxidoreductase that catalyses the conversion of 5,10-methyleneterahydrofolate to 5,10-methenyl-tetrahydrofolate. In higher eukaryotes a trifunctional enzyme exists with additional METHENYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE CYCLOHYDROLASE and FORMATE-TETRAHYDROFOLATE LIGASE activity. The enzyme plays an important role in the synthesis of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, the methyl donor for the VITAMIN B12-dependent remethylation of HOMOCYSTEINE to METHIONINE via METHIONINE SYNTHETASE. Methylenetetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase (NADP+),Methylenetetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase,Dehydrogenase, Methylenetetrahydrofolate
D003460 Crystallization The formation of crystalline substances from solutions or melts. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Crystalline Polymorphs,Polymorphism, Crystallization,Crystal Growth,Polymorphic Crystals,Crystal, Polymorphic,Crystalline Polymorph,Crystallization Polymorphism,Crystallization Polymorphisms,Crystals, Polymorphic,Growth, Crystal,Polymorph, Crystalline,Polymorphic Crystal,Polymorphisms, Crystallization,Polymorphs, Crystalline
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000619 Aminohydrolases
D001665 Binding Sites The parts of a macromolecule that directly participate in its specific combination with another molecule. Combining Site,Binding Site,Combining Sites,Site, Binding,Site, Combining,Sites, Binding,Sites, Combining
D045064 Methenyltetrahydrofolate Cyclohydrolase An aminohydrolase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate to 10-formyltetrahydrofolate. In most higher eucaryotic organisms this enzyme also includes METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP) and FORMATE-TETRAHYDROFOLATE LIGASE activities. 5,10-MTHF Cyclohydrolase,5,10-Methenyltetrahydrofolate 5-Hydrolase (Decyclizing),5,10-Methenyltetrahydrofolate Cyclohydrolase,5,10 MTHF Cyclohydrolase,5,10 Methenyltetrahydrofolate Cyclohydrolase,Cyclohydrolase, 5,10-MTHF,Cyclohydrolase, 5,10-Methenyltetrahydrofolate,Cyclohydrolase, Methenyltetrahydrofolate

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