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- Name help_outline dUMP Identifier CHEBI:246422 (Beilstein: 4011255) help_outline Charge -2 Formula C9H11N2O8P InChIKeyhelp_outline JSRLJPSBLDHEIO-SHYZEUOFSA-L SMILEShelp_outline O[C@H]1C[C@@H](O[C@@H]1COP([O-])([O-])=O)n1ccc(=O)[nH]c1=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 13 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline formaldehyde Identifier CHEBI:16842 (CAS: 50-00-0) help_outline Charge 0 Formula CH2O InChIKeyhelp_outline WSFSSNUMVMOOMR-UHFFFAOYSA-N SMILEShelp_outline [H]C([H])=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 141 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline NADPH Identifier CHEBI:57783 (Beilstein: 10411862) help_outline Charge -4 Formula C21H26N7O17P3 InChIKeyhelp_outline ACFIXJIJDZMPPO-NNYOXOHSSA-J SMILEShelp_outline NC(=O)C1=CN(C=CC1)[C@@H]1O[C@H](COP([O-])(=O)OP([O-])(=O)OC[C@H]2O[C@H]([C@H](OP([O-])([O-])=O)[C@@H]2O)n2cnc3c(N)ncnc23)[C@@H](O)[C@H]1O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 1,288 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline H+ Identifier CHEBI:15378 Charge 1 Formula H InChIKeyhelp_outline GPRLSGONYQIRFK-UHFFFAOYSA-N SMILEShelp_outline [H+] 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 9,521 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline dTMP Identifier CHEBI:63528 (Beilstein: 3916216) help_outline Charge -2 Formula C10H13N2O8P InChIKeyhelp_outline GYOZYWVXFNDGLU-XLPZGREQSA-L SMILEShelp_outline Cc1cn([C@H]2C[C@H](O)[C@@H](COP([O-])([O-])=O)O2)c(=O)[nH]c1=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 14 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline NADP+ Identifier CHEBI:58349 Charge -3 Formula C21H25N7O17P3 InChIKeyhelp_outline XJLXINKUBYWONI-NNYOXOHSSA-K SMILEShelp_outline NC(=O)c1ccc[n+](c1)[C@@H]1O[C@H](COP([O-])(=O)OP([O-])(=O)OC[C@H]2O[C@H]([C@H](OP([O-])([O-])=O)[C@@H]2O)n2cnc3c(N)ncnc23)[C@@H](O)[C@H]1O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 1,294 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline H2O Identifier CHEBI:15377 (CAS: 7732-18-5) help_outline Charge 0 Formula H2O InChIKeyhelp_outline XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N SMILEShelp_outline [H]O[H] 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 6,264 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
Cross-references
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Publications
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An enzymatic activation of formaldehyde for nucleotide methylation.
Bou-Nader C., Stull F.W., Pecqueur L., Simon P., Guerineau V., Royant A., Fontecave M., Lombard M., Palfey B.A., Hamdane D.
Folate enzyme cofactors and their derivatives have the unique ability to provide a single carbon unit at different oxidation levels for the de novo synthesis of amino-acids, purines, or thymidylate, an essential DNA nucleotide. How these cofactors mediate methylene transfer is not fully settled ye ... >> More
Folate enzyme cofactors and their derivatives have the unique ability to provide a single carbon unit at different oxidation levels for the de novo synthesis of amino-acids, purines, or thymidylate, an essential DNA nucleotide. How these cofactors mediate methylene transfer is not fully settled yet, particularly with regard to how the methylene is transferred to the methylene acceptor. Here, we uncovered that the bacterial thymidylate synthase ThyX, which relies on both folate and flavin for activity, can also use a formaldehyde-shunt to directly synthesize thymidylate. Combining biochemical, spectroscopic and anaerobic crystallographic analyses, we showed that formaldehyde reacts with the reduced flavin coenzyme to form a carbinolamine intermediate used by ThyX for dUMP methylation. The crystallographic structure of this intermediate reveals how ThyX activates formaldehyde and uses it, with the assistance of active site residues, to methylate dUMP. Our results reveal that carbinolamine species promote methylene transfer and suggest that the use of a CH<sub>2</sub>O-shunt may be relevant in several other important folate-dependent reactions. << Less
Nat. Commun. 12:4542-4542(2021) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]
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