UniProt functional annotation for P50097

UniProt code: P50097.

Organism: Tritrichomonas foetus (Trichomonas foetus) (Tritrichomonas suis).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metamonada; Parabasalia; Tritrichomonadida; Tritrichomonadidae; Tritrichomonas.
 
Function: Catalyzes the conversion of inosine 5'-phosphate (IMP) to xanthosine 5'-phosphate (XMP), the first committed and rate-limiting step in the de novo synthesis of guanine nucleotides, and therefore plays an important role in the regulation of cell growth. Could also have a single-stranded nucleic acid-binding activity and could play a role in RNA and/or DNA metabolism. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_03156, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10029522}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=H2O + IMP + NAD(+) = H(+) + NADH + XMP; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:11708, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:57464, ChEBI:CHEBI:57540, ChEBI:CHEBI:57945, ChEBI:CHEBI:58053; EC=1.1.1.205; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_03156};
Cofactor: Name=K(+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29103; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_03156};
Activity regulation: Mycophenolic acid (MPA) is a non-competitive inhibitor that prevents formation of the closed enzyme conformation by binding to the same site as the amobile flap. In contrast, mizoribine monophosphate (MZP) is a competitive inhibitor that induces the closed conformation. MPA is a potent inhibitor of mammalian IMPDHs but a poor inhibitor of the bacterial enzymes. MZP is a more potent inhibitor of bacterial IMPDH. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_03156, ECO:0000269|PubMed:1967525}.
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=1.7 uM for Inosine 5'-phosphate {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10029522}; KM=150 uM for NAD(+) {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10029522};
Pathway: Purine metabolism; XMP biosynthesis via de novo pathway; XMP from IMP: step 1/1. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_03156}.
Subunit: Homotetramer. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_03156, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12235158, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12403633, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12549902, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12559919}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_03156}.
Miscellaneous: Contains 2 potassium ions bound at each subunit interface. The second potassium binding site is not conserved and not observed in crystal structures of IMPDHs from other organisms (PubMed:12403633). {ECO:0000305|PubMed:12403633}.
Similarity: Belongs to the IMPDH/GMPR family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_03156}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.