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EC 1.5.98.1 Details
EC number
1.5.98.1
Accepted name
methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase
Reaction
5,10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin + oxidized coenzyme F420 = 5,10-methenyltetrahydromethanopterin + reduced coenzyme F420
Other name(s)
N5,N10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase, 5,10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase
Systematic name
5,10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin:coenzyme-F420 oxidoreductase
CAS registry number
100357-01-5
Comment
Coenzyme F420 is a 7,8-didemethyl-8-hydroxy-5-deazariboflavin derivative; methanopterin is a pterin analogue. The enzyme is involved in the formation of methane from CO2 in the methanogen Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus.
History
created 1989 as EC 1.5.99.9, modified 2004, transferred to EC 1.5.98.1 2014
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