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UniProt functional annotation for Q81R22 | ||
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| UniProt code: Q81R22. |
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| Organism: | |
Bacillus anthracis. |
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Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Bacillaceae; Bacillus; Bacillus cereus group. |
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| 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}. |
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| 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.