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Literature summary for 1.5.1.5 extracted from

  • Yeh, Y.C.; Greenberg, D.M.
    Purification and properties of N5, N10-Methylenetetra-hydrofolate dehydrogenase of calf thymus (1965), Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 105, 279-291.
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General Stability

General Stability Organism
highly instable, partial protection against inactivation by thiol compounds, glycerol, serum albumin and EDTA, freezing inactivates purified enzyme Bos taurus

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
Ca2+
-
Bos taurus
formaldehyde above 0.4 mM Bos taurus
Mg2+
-
Bos taurus
N-ethylmaleimide
-
Bos taurus
p-chloromercuribenzoate inhibition reversible by dimercaptopropanol Bos taurus
phenacyl bromide
-
Bos taurus

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
0.022
-
NADP+
-
Bos taurus
0.08
-
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate
-
Bos taurus
0.17
-
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate
-
Bos taurus

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
K+ and other monovalent metal cations Bos taurus

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + NADP+ Bos taurus
-
5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate + NADPH + H+
-
r

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Bos taurus
-
young calves
-

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
thymus
-
Bos taurus
-

Storage Stability

Storage Stability Organism
-17°C, partially purified enzyme after second ammonium sulphate fractionation stable for 2 weeks, 1 mM mercaptoethanol, Bos taurus

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + NADP+
-
Bos taurus 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate + NADPH + H+
-
r
5,10-methylenetetrahydropteroyltriglutamate + NADP+
-
Bos taurus 5,10-methenyltetrahydropteroyltriglutamate + NADPH
-
?
DL-tetrahydropteroyl-L-aspartate + NADP+
-
Bos taurus ?
-
?

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
39.5
-
potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7.8 Bos taurus

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
6.5
-
-
Bos taurus

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
NADP+
-
Bos taurus