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EC 1.5.1.33 Details
EC number
1.5.1.33
Accepted name
pteridine reductase
Reaction
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin + 2 NADP+ = biopterin + 2 NADPH + 2 H+
Other name(s)
PTR1, pteridine reductase 1
Systematic name
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin:NADP+ oxidoreductase
CAS registry number
131384-61-7
Comment
The enzyme from Leishmania (both amastigote and promastigote forms) catalyses the reduction by NADPH of folate and a wide variety of unconjugated pterins, including biopterin, to their tetrahydro forms. It also catalyses the reduction of 7,8-dihydropterins and 7,8-dihydrofolate to their tetrahydro forms. In contrast to EC 1.5.1.3 (dihydrofolate reductase) and EC 1.5.1.34 (6,7-dihydropteridine reductase), pteridine reductase will not catalyse the reduction of the quinonoid form of dihydrobiopterin. The enzyme is specific for NADPH; no activity has been detected with NADH. It also differs from EC 1.5.1.3 (dihydrofolate reductase) in being specific for the Si-face of NADPH.
History
created 1999 as EC 1.1.1.253, transferred 2003 to EC 1.5.1.33
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