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IUBMB Comments The enzyme from animals and some micro-organisms also slowly reduces folate to 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate.
The taxonomic range for the selected organisms is: Drosophila melanogaster The enzyme appears in selected viruses and cellular organisms
Synonyms
dhfr, dihydrofolate reductase, thy-1, dhfr-ts, hdhfr, dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase, ecdhfr, pcdhfr, r67 dhfr, ts-dhfr,
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7,8-dihydrofolate reductase
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dehydrogenase, tetrahydrofolate
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dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase
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dihydrofolate reductase:thymidylate synthase
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dihydrofolic acid reductase
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dihydrofolic reductase
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folic acid reductase
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NADPH-dihydrofolate reductase
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pteridine reductase:dihydrofolate reductase
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reductase, dihydrofolate
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tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase
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thymidylate synthetase-dihydrofolate reductase
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Trimethoprim resistance protein
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5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate:NADP+ oxidoreductase
The enzyme from animals and some micro-organisms also slowly reduces folate to 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate.
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7,8-dihydrofolate + NADPH
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + NADP+
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7,8-dihydrofolate + NADPH
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + NADP+
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strongly specific for
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folate + NADPH
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + NADP+
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no activity
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NADPH
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methotrexate
wild-type, 50% inhibition at 1.06 nM, mutant Q134K, 50% inhibition at 16.7 nM, mutant L30Q, 50% inhibition at 785 nM
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0.00004 - 0.00592
7,8-dihydrofolate
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7,8-dihydrofolate
mutant Q134K, pH 8.5, 25°C
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7,8-dihydrofolate
wild-type, pH 8.5, 25°C
0.00592
7,8-dihydrofolate
mutant L30Q, pH 8.5, 25°C
0.0055
NADPH
mutant Q134K, pH 8.5, 25°C
0.0069
NADPH
wild-type, pH 8.5, 25°C
0.0071
NADPH
mutant L30Q, pH 8.5, 25°C
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4.7
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2 optima: pH 4.7 and pH 8.5
8.5
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2 optima: pH 4.7 and pH 8.5
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expression in Chinese hamster ovary cells
Uniprot
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DYR_DROME
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20775
Swiss-Prot
other Location (Reliability: 4 )
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monomer
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1 * 17000-22000
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I26N/K31P
less than 10% of wild-type activity
K31P
no detectable activity
L22R
mutation predicted in silico to be resistant to methotrexate, confers resistance to methotrexate to transfected CHO cells. 65% of wild-type enzyme activity
L30Q
mutation found in a methotrexate resistant cell line, confers resistance to methotrexate to transfected CHO cells. 42% of wild-type enzyme activity
Q134K
51% of wild-type enzyme activity
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stabilized by 0.1 mg/ml bovine serum albumin and 1 mM dithiothreitol at 4°C
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on ice, loss of 20-60% activity after 2 h
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Rancourt, S.L.; Walker, V.K.
The purification of dihydrofolate reductase from Drosophila melanogaster
Biochim. Biophys. Acta
1039
261-268
1990
Drosophila melanogaster
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Walker, V.K.; Tyshenko, M.G.; Kuiper, M.J.; Dargar, R.V.; Yuhas, D.A.; Cruickshank, P.A.; Chaguturu, R.
Tobacco budworm dihydrofolate reductase is a promising target for insecticide discovery
Eur. J. Biochem.
267
394-402
2000
Drosophila melanogaster, Heliothis virescens
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Affleck, J.G.; Al-Batayneh, K.M.; Neumann, K.; Cole, S.P.; Walker, V.K.
Drosophila dihydrofolate reductase mutations confer antifolate resistance to mammalian cells
Eur. J. Pharmacol.
529
71-78
2006
Drosophila melanogaster (P17719)
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