CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Dihydrofolate Reductase, subunit A
Functional Family Bifunctional dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase

Enzyme Information

2.1.1.45
Thymidylate synthase.
based on mapping to UniProt O02604
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + dUMP = dihydrofolate + dTMP.
1.5.1.3
Dihydrofolate reductase.
based on mapping to UniProt O02604
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + NADP(+) = 7,8-dihydrofolate + NADPH.
-!- The enzyme from animals and some micro-organisms also slowly reduces folate to 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate. -!- Formerly EC 1.5.1.4.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

O02604
DRTS_PLAVI
Plasmodium vivax
Bifunctional dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase

PDB Structure

PDB 2BLA
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Crystal Structure of Dihydrofolate Reductase from Plasmodium Vivax: Pyrimethamine Displacement Linked with Mutation-Induced Resistance.
Kongsaeree, P., Khongsuk, P., Leartsakulpanich, U., Chitnumsub, P., Tarnchompoo, B., Walkinshaw, M.D., Yuthavong, Y.
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA