CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Aldolase class I
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

1.3.5.2
Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (quinone).
based on mapping to UniProt Q08210
(S)-dihydroorotate + a quinone = orotate + a quinol.
-!- This Class 2 dihydroorotate dehydrogenase enzyme contains FMN. -!- The enzyme is found in eukaryotes in the mitochondrial membrane, in cyanobacteria, and in some Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria associated with the cytoplasmic membrane. -!- The reaction is the only redox reaction in the de-novo biosynthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides. -!- The best quinone electron acceptors for the enzyme from bovine liver are ubiquinone-6 and ubiquinone-7, although simple quinones, such as benzoquinone, can also act as acceptor at lower rates. -!- Methyl-, ethyl-, tert-butyl and benzyl-(S)-dihydroorotates are also substrates, but methyl esters of (S)-1-methyl and (S)-3-methyl and (S)-1,3-dimethyldihydroorotates are not. -!- Class 1 dihydroorotate dehydrogenases use either fumarate (EC 1.3.98.1), NAD(+) (EC 1.3.1.14) or NADP(+) (EC 1.3.1.15) as electron acceptor. -!- Formerly EC 1.3.99.11.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q08210
PYRD_PLAF7
Plasmodium falciparum 3D7
Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (quinone), mitochondrial

PDB Structure

PDB 3I6R
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Structural plasticity of malaria dihydroorotate dehydrogenase allows selective binding of diverse chemical scaffolds.
Deng, X., Gujjar, R., El Mazouni, F., Kaminsky, W., Malmquist, N.A., Goldsmith, E.J., Rathod, P.K., Phillips, M.A.
J.Biol.Chem.