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Literature summary for 1.17.4.1 extracted from

  • Reichard, P.; Ehrenberg, A.
    Ribonucleotide reductase - a radical enzyme (1983), Science, 221, 514-519.
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Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
Iron iron center stabilizes tyrosyl radical, distance between the iron center and the tyrosyl radical is estimated to be 6-9.0 A Escherichia coli
Iron iron binds directly to the enzyme structure and not via sulfur Escherichia coli

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Escherichia coli
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Reaction

Reaction Comment Organism Reaction ID
2'-deoxyribonucleoside 5'-diphosphate + thioredoxin disulfide + H2O = ribonucleoside 5'-diphosphate + thioredoxin proposed mechanism Escherichia coli

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
ribonucleoside diphosphate + reduced thioredoxin
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Escherichia coli 2'-deoxyribonucleoside diphosphate + oxidized thioredoxin + H2O
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Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
More tyrosyl radical is stabilized by an iron center Escherichia coli
More the active form of B2 subunit contains a tyrosyl radical essential for activity Escherichia coli