Information on EC 2.5.1.15 - dihydropteroate synthase

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EC Tree 2 Transferases 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) 2.5.1.15 dihydropteroate synthase

IUBMB Comments

The enzyme participates in the biosynthetic pathways for folate (in bacteria, plants and fungi) and methanopterin (in archaea). The enzyme exists in varying types of multifunctional proteins in different organisms. The enzyme from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana also harbors the activity of EC 2.7.6.3, 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyldihydropteridine diphosphokinase , while the enzyme from yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is trifunctional with the two above mentioned activities as well as EC 4.1.2.25, dihydroneopterin aldolase .

The enzyme appears in viruses and cellular organisms