bifunctional homocysteine S-methyltransferase/5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
function
methionine biosynthesis, tetrahydrofolate interconversion
product
bifunctional homocysteine S-methyltransferase/5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.3|Amino acid/ nitrogen metabolism] → [category|SW 2.3.1|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids] → [category|SW 2.3.1.11|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of methionine/ S-adenosylmethionine/ based on similarity][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.2|Membrane proteins]Gene
Coordinates
1,178,757 1,180,595
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
S-methyl-L-methionine + L-homocysteine --> 2 L-methionine (according to UniProt)5-methyltetrahydrofolate + NAD(P)+ --> 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + NAD(P)H (according to UniProt)Protein family
C-terminal part: methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase family (single member, according to UniProt)[SW|Domains]
homocysteine S-methyltransferase (aa 1-280) (according to UniProt)5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (aa 295-612) (according to UniProt)[SW|Cofactors]
FAD (according to UniProt)Zn2+ (according to UniProt)Structure
[PDB|1Q7M] (the methionine synthase domain, from Thermotoga maritima, 31% identity) [pubmed|14752199][PDB|6FNU] (the methylene THF reductase domain, from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 25% identity)[SW|Localization]
membrane associated [Pubmed|18763711]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|41AB43191DDB2E0698D92FFD1ECEF45100F1F3F0|yitJ]
description
[Pubmed|10094622]regulatory mechanism
[regulon|S-box|S-box]: termination/antitermination, [pubmed|10094622], in [regulon|S-box|S-box]regulation
induced by methionine starvation ([SW|S-box]) [Pubmed|10094622]the [SW|S-box] RNA is degraded by [protein|872CCB5A49C9000BD95E4B0472556D5F60F7D7A4|RNase Y] [pubmed|29794222]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
MGNA-B195 (yitJ::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/1194 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]BKE11010 ([gene|41AB43191DDB2E0698D92FFD1ECEF45100F1F3F0|yitJ]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE11010 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATTGTCTGCCTCCTTTATT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAATTTCCAAAAGACTGCCTBKK11010 ([gene|41AB43191DDB2E0698D92FFD1ECEF45100F1F3F0|yitJ]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK11010 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATTGTCTGCCTCCTTTATT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAATTTCCAAAAGACTGCCTReferences
The [protein|search|S-box]
19258532,10094622,18039762,20951706,22543867,29604896,29794222 Other publications
19779461,12107147,18763711,22960854,14752199