Entry
Name
GTP cyclohydrolase IV;
MptA;
GTP cyclohydrolase MptA
Class
Hydrolases;
Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds;
In cyclic amidines
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
GTP 7,8-8,9-dihydrolase (cyclizing, formate-releasing, diphosphate-releasing)
Reaction(IUBMB)
GTP + H2O = 7,8-dihydroneopterin 2',3'-cyclic phosphate + formate + diphosphate [RN:
R10348 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
Product
7,8-dihydroneopterin 2',3'-cyclic phosphate [CPD:
C20567 ];
formate [CPD:
C00058 ];
diphosphate [CPD:
C00013 ]
Comment
Requires Fe2+. A zinc protein. The enzyme is involved in methanopterin biosynthesis in methanogenic archaea. cf. GTP cyclohydrolase I (EC
3.5.4.16 ), GTP cyclohydrolase II (EC
3.5.4.25 ) and GTP cyclohydrolase IIa (EC
3.5.4.29 ).
History
EC 3.5.4.39 created 2013
Pathway
Orthology
Genes
BALA : DSM104299_05124(folE2)
SBAE : DSM104329_04840(folE2)
MEHF : MmiHf6_13270(folE2)
MEES : MmiEs2_15650(folE2)
MPD : MCP_1133(mptA-1) MCP_2574(mptA-2)
MEZ : Mtc_0027(mptA-1) Mtc_1062(mptA-2)
HACB : Hbl1158_07095(mptA)
NAY : HYG81_12020(mptA) HYG81_20795(mptA)
TVO : TVG1279013(TVG1279013)
LOKI : Lokiarch_29360(mptA)
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Taxonomy
Reference
Authors
Grochowski LL, Xu H, Leung K, White RH
Title
Characterization of an Fe(2+)-dependent archaeal-specific GTP cyclohydrolase, MptA, from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii.
Journal
Sequence
Other DBs
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 3.5.4.39
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 3.5.4.39