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EC 2.1.2.14 Details

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EC number

2.1.2.14

Accepted name

GDP-perosamine N-formyltransferase

Reaction

10-formyltetrahydrofolate + GDP-α-D-perosamine = tetrahydrofolate + GDP-N-formyl-α-D-perosamine

Other name(s)

wbkC (gene name)

Systematic name

10-formyltetrahydrofolate:GDP-α-D-perosamine N-formyltransferase

Comment

The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Brucella melitensis, synthesizes a building block of the O antigen produced by Brucella species.

History

created 2021

EC Tree

1 Oxidoreductases

2 Transferases

2.1 Transferring one-carbon groups

2.1.1 Methyltransferases

2.1.2 Hydroxymethyl-, formyl- and related transferases

2.1.2.1 glycine hydroxymethyltransferase

2.1.2.2 phosphoribosylglycinamide formyltransferase 1

2.1.2.3 phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase

2.1.2.4 glycine formimidoyltransferase

2.1.2.5 glutamate formimidoyltransferase

2.1.2.6 created 1965, deleted 1984

2.1.2.7 D-alanine 2-hydroxymethyltransferase

2.1.2.8 deoxycytidylate 5-hydroxymethyltransferase

2.1.2.9 methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase

2.1.2.10 aminomethyltransferase

2.1.2.11 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate hydroxymethyltransferase

2.1.2.12 created 1983, deleted 1984

2.1.2.13 UDP-4-amino-4-deoxy-L-arabinose formyltransferase

2.1.2.14 GDP-perosamine N-formyltransferase

2.1.3 Carboxy- and carbamoyltransferases

2.1.4 Amidinotransferases

2.1.5 Methylenetransferases

2.2 Transferring aldehyde or ketonic groups

2.3 Acyltransferases

2.4 Glycosyltransferases

2.5 Transferring alkyl or aryl groups, other than methyl groups

2.5.1 Transferring alkyl or aryl groups, other than methyl groups (only sub-subclass identified to date)

2.6 Transferring nitrogenous groups

2.7 Transferring phosphorus-containing groups

2.8 Transferring sulfur-containing groups

2.9 Transferring selenium-containing groups

2.10 Transferring molybdenum- or tungsten-containing groups