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Literature summary for 1.5.1.5 extracted from

  • Ramasastri, B.V.; Blakley, R.L.
    5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolic dehydrogenase from bakers'yeast (1962), J. Biol. Chem., 237, 1982-1988.
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Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
2,3-Dimercaptopropanol the most effective thiol Saccharomyces cerevisiae
2-mercaptoethanol
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
cysteine
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
formaldehyde maximal activity at 0.3 mM Saccharomyces cerevisiae
glutathione
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae

General Stability

General Stability Organism
frozen stable for 12 days, loss of activity upon repeated freezing and thawing Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
Borate inhibition reversible by potassium Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Ca2+
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
formaldehyde 50% inhibition at 2.5 mM Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Mg2+
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
p-chloromercuribenzoate
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
0.037
-
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
0.69
-
NADP+
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
K+ and other monovalent metal cations Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + NADP+ Saccharomyces cerevisiae
-
5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate + NADPH + H+
-
?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
partial Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
259
-
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + NADP+
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate + NADPH + H+
-
?

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
37
-
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Temperature Stability [°C]

Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
37
-
30 min stable, destroyed in 3 min at 60°C Saccharomyces cerevisiae

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
7.4
-
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
NADP+
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae