UniProt functional annotation for O30463

UniProt code: O30463.

Organism: Mycobacterium avium.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Corynebacteriales; Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC).
 
Function: Key enzyme in folate metabolism. Catalyzes an essential reaction for de novo glycine and purine synthesis, and for DNA precursor synthesis. {ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR000194}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=(6S)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + NADP(+) = 7,8-dihydrofolate + H(+) + NADPH; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:15009, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:57451, ChEBI:CHEBI:57453, ChEBI:CHEBI:57783, ChEBI:CHEBI:58349; EC=1.5.1.3; Evidence={ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR000194};
Pathway: Cofactor biosynthesis; tetrahydrofolate biosynthesis; 5,6,7,8- tetrahydrofolate from 7,8-dihydrofolate: step 1/1. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00004903, ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR000194}.
Similarity: Belongs to the dihydrofolate reductase family. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00009539, ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR000194, ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU004474}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.