CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Thymidylate synthase/dCMP hydroxymethylase domain
Functional Family Thymidylate synthase

Enzyme Information

2.1.1.45
Thymidylate synthase.
based on mapping to UniProt P0A884
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + dUMP = dihydrofolate + dTMP.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P0A884
TYSY_ECOLI
Escherichia coli K-12
Thymidylate synthase

PDB Structure

PDB 1EV5
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Catalytic cysteine of thymidylate synthase is activated upon substrate binding.
Phan, J., Mahdavian, E., Nivens, M.C., Minor, W., Berger, S., Spencer, H.T., Dunlap, R.B., Lebioda, L.
Biochemistry