CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 3.30.70.520
Functional Family Formylmethanofuran--tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase

Enzyme Information

2.3.1.101
Formylmethanofuran--tetrahydromethanopterin N-formyltransferase.
based on mapping to UniProt Q49610
Formylmethanofuran + 5,6,7,8-tetrahydromethanopterin = methanofuran + 5-formyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydromethanopterin.
-!- Methanofuran is a complex 4-substituted furfurylamine and is involved in the formation of methane from CO(2) in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q49610
FTR_METKA
Methanopyrus kandleri AV19
Formylmethanofuran--tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase

PDB Structure

PDB 2FHJ
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
The structure of formylmethanofuran: tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase in complex with its coenzymes
Acharya, P., Warkentin, E., Ermler, U., Thauer, R.K., Shima, S.
J.Mol.Biol.