Biology:Futalosine hydrolase

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Futalosine hydrolase
Identifiers
EC number3.2.2.26
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Futalosine hydrolase (EC 3.2.2.26, futalosine nucleosidase, MqnB) is an enzyme with systematic name futalosine ribohydrolase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

futalosine + H2O [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] dehypoxanthine futalosine + hypoxanthine

This enzyme catalyses the second step of menaquinone biosynthesis.

References

  1. "An alternative menaquinone biosynthetic pathway operating in microorganisms". Science 321 (5896): 1670–3. September 2008. doi:10.1126/science.1160446. PMID 18801996. 

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