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Literature summary for 1.5.1.20 extracted from

  • Cheng, F.W.; Shane, B.; Stokstad, E.L.R.
    Pentaglutamate derivatives of folate as substrates for rat liver tetrahydropteroylglutamate methyltransferase and 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (1975), Can. J. Biochem., 53, 1020-1027.
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Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
(+)-5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylpentaglutamate inhibits at high concentrations Rattus norvegicus
S-adenosylmethionine in vivo feedback-inhibition Rattus norvegicus

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
0.003
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(+)-5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylpentaglutamate
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Rattus norvegicus
0.023
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5-methyltetrahydrofolate
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Rattus norvegicus

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Rattus norvegicus
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adult male Sprague-Dawley rats, fed a Purina lab chow diet
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
more than 100fold partial purification Rattus norvegicus

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
liver
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Rattus norvegicus
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Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
additional information
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specific activity is greater with the monoglutamate substrate than with the pentaglutamate Rattus norvegicus

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
5,10-methylene-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylpentaglutamate + reduced acceptor equilibrium lies far in favor of 5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylpentaglutamate formation, pentaglutamate form binds to the same enzyme site as monoglutamate form Rattus norvegicus (+)-5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylpentaglutamate + oxidized acceptor menadione as acceptor for 5,10-methylene-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylpentaglutamate formation ?
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + reduced acceptor forward reaction: reduced acceptor is FADH2 Rattus norvegicus 5-methyltetrahydrofolate + oxidized acceptor product is (+)-5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylmonoglutamate ?
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + reduced acceptor 5,10-methylene-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylmonoglutamate as substrate Rattus norvegicus 5-methyltetrahydrofolate + oxidized acceptor product is (+)-5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylmonoglutamate ?
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + reduced acceptor equilibrium lies far in favor of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate formation Rattus norvegicus 5-methyltetrahydrofolate + oxidized acceptor product is (+)-5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylmonoglutamate ?
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + reduced acceptor reverse reaction: menadione as electron acceptor Rattus norvegicus 5-methyltetrahydrofolate + oxidized acceptor product is (+)-5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylmonoglutamate ?
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + reduced acceptor forward reaction: NADH as reduced acceptor Rattus norvegicus 5-methyltetrahydrofolate + oxidized acceptor product is (+)-5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylmonoglutamate ?
5-methyltetrahydrofolate + NAD+
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Rattus norvegicus 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + NADH + H+
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r
additional information reverse reaction: not NADP+ as acceptor Rattus norvegicus ?
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Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
30
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assay at Rattus norvegicus

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
6.7
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5-methyltetrahydrofolate and 5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylpentaglutamate as substrates Rattus norvegicus

pH Range

pH Minimum pH Maximum Comment Organism
6 8 pH 6: about 70% of activity maximum, pH 8: about 35% of activity maximum with 5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylmonoglutamate, about 65% of activity maximum with 5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylpentaglutamate Rattus norvegicus

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
FAD flavoprotein, oxidized acceptor in reverse reaction Rattus norvegicus
FADH2 flavoprotein, reduced acceptor in forward reaction Rattus norvegicus
NADH
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Rattus norvegicus

Ki Value [mM]

Ki Value [mM] Ki Value maximum [mM] Inhibitor Comment Organism Structure
0.04 0.051 (+)-5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteroylpentaglutamate
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Rattus norvegicus