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Information on EC 1.5.1.53 - methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (NADPH)

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IUBMB Comments

A flavoprotein (FAD). The enzyme from yeast and mammals catalyses a physiologically irreversible reduction of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate to 5-methyltetrahydrofolate using NADPH as the electron donor. It plays an important role in folate metabolism by regulating the distribution of one-carbon moieties between cellular methylation reactions and nucleic acid synthesis. The enzyme contains an N-terminal catalytic domain and a C-terminal allosteric regulatory domain that binds S-adenosyl-L-methionine, which acts as an inhibitor. cf. EC 1.5.1.54, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (NADH); EC 1.5.1.20, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase [NAD(P)H]; and EC 1.5.7.1, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (ferredoxin).

The enzyme appears in viruses and cellular organisms

Synonyms
5,10-CH2-H4folate reductase, 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (FADH2), 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (NADPH), 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolic acid reductase, 5,10-methylenetetrahydropteroylglutamate reductase, 5-methyltetrahydrofolate:(acceptor) oxidoreductase, MET13, methylenetetrahydrofolate (reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) reductase, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, more

REACTION
REACTION DIAGRAM
COMMENTARY hide
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
5-methyltetrahydrofolate + NADP+ = 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + NADPH + H+
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PATHWAY SOURCE
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MetaCyc
folate transformations I
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