The name of this superfamily has been modified since the most recent official CATH+ release (v4_3_0). At the point of the last release, this superfamily was named:

"
Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase
".

Functional Families

Overview of the Structural Clusters (SC) and Functional Families within this CATH Superfamily. Clusters with a representative structure are represented by a filled circle.

Superfamily: Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase

Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (EC:5.4.99.2) (MCM) PMID:1975493 is an adenosylcobalamin (vitamin B12) dependent enzyme that catalyzes the isomerization between methylmalonyl-CoA and succinyl-CoA. MCM is involved in various catabolic or biosynthetic pathways; for example in man it is involved in the degradation of several amino acids, odd-chain fatty acids and cholesterol via propionyl-CoA to the tricarboxylic acid cycle; while in some bacteria it is involved in the synthesis of propionate from tricarboxylic acid-cycle intermediates.

Deficiency of MCM in man causes an often fatal disorder of organic acid metabolism termed methylmalonic acidemia. The sequences of eukaryotic and prokaryotic MCM are rather well conserved. In eukaryotes MCM is located in the mitochondrial matrix and is a homodimer of a polypeptide chain of about 710 amino acids. In bacteria MCM is a dimer of two non-identical, yet structurally related chains. This family also includes an Escherichia coli protein (gene sbm) whose function is not yet known.

A small degree of similarity is said PMID:2197274 to exist between MCM and the large subunit of the adenosylcobalamin-dependent enzyme ethanolamine ammonia-lyase, but this similarity is so weak that these two type of enzymes can not be detected by a single pattern.

INTERPRO:IPR006099

GO Diversity

Unique GO annotations
25 Unique GO terms

EC Diversity

Unique EC annotations
4 Unique EC terms

Species Diversity

Unique species annotations
7026 Unique species

Sequence/Structure Diversity

Overview of the sequence / structure diversity of this superfamily compared to other superfamilies in CATH. Click on the chart to view the data in more detail.

Superfamily Summary

A general summary of information for this superfamily.
Structures
Domains: 43
Domain clusters (>95% seq id): 5
Domain clusters (>35% seq id): 3
Unique PDBs: 15
Alignments
Structural Clusters (5A): 1
Structural Clusters (9A): 1
FunFam Clusters: 7
Function
Unique EC: 4
Unique GO: 25
Taxonomy
Unique Species: 7026