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Information on EC 3.5.4.16 - GTP cyclohydrolase I

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IUBMB Comments

The reaction involves hydrolysis of two C-N bonds and isomerization of the pentose unit; the recyclization may be non-enzymic. This enzyme is involved in the de novo synthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin from GTP, with the other enzymes involved being EC 1.1.1.153 (sepiapterin reductase) and EC 4.2.3.12 (6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase) .

The enzyme appears in viruses and cellular organisms

Synonyms
gtp cyclohydrolase i, gtpch, gtp cyclohydrolase, gtp cyclohydrolase 1, gtp-ch, gtp-cyclohydrolase i, gch-1, gtpch1, gtpch i, guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase i, more

REACTION
REACTION DIAGRAM
COMMENTARY hide
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
GTP + H2O = formate + 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3'-triphosphate
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PATHWAY SOURCE
PATHWAYS
MetaCyc
6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis I, 6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis IV (Plasmodium), drosopterin and aurodrosopterin biosynthesis, erythro-tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthesis I, preQ0 biosynthesis, tetrahydromonapterin biosynthesis, threo-tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthesis