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EC 2.5.1.15 Details
EC number
2.5.1.15
Accepted name
dihydropteroate synthase
Reaction
(7,8-dihydropterin-6-yl)methyl diphosphate + 4-aminobenzoate = diphosphate + 7,8-dihydropteroate
Other name(s)
dihydropteroate pyrophosphorylase, DHPS, 7,8-dihydropteroate synthase, 7,8-dihydropteroate synthetase, 7,8-dihydropteroic acid synthetase, dihydropteroate synthetase, dihydropteroic synthetase, 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropteridine-diphosphate:4-aminobenzoate 2-amino-4-hydroxydihydropteridine-6-methenyltransferase, (2-amino-4-hydroxy-7,8-dihydropteridin-6-yl)methyl-diphosphate:4-aminobenzoate 2-amino-4-hydroxydihydropteridine-6-methenyltransferase
Systematic name
(7,8-dihydropterin-6-yl)methyl-diphosphate:4-aminobenzoate 2-amino-4-hydroxy-7,8-dihydropteridine-6-methenyltransferase
CAS registry number
9055-61-2
Comment
The enzyme participates in the biosynthetic pathways for folate (in bacteria, plants and fungi) and methanopterin (in archaea). The enzyme exists in varying types of multifunctional proteins in different organisms. The enzyme from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana also harbors the activity of EC 2.7.6.3, 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyldihydropteridine diphosphokinase [4], while the enzyme from yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is trifunctional with the two above mentioned activities as well as EC 4.1.2.25, dihydroneopterin aldolase [3].
History
created 1972, modified 2015
EC Tree
2.5.1.12 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.5.1.13 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.5.1.14 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.5.1.37 created 1989, deleted 2004
2.5.1.40 created 1992, deleted 1999