IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.7.4.31

Accepted name: [5-(aminomethyl)furan-3-yl]methyl phosphate kinase

Reaction: ATP + [5-(aminomethyl)furan-3-yl]methyl phosphate = ADP + [5-(aminomethyl)furan-3-yl]methyl diphosphate

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Other name(s): MfnE

Systematic name: ATP:[5-(aminomethyl)furan-3-yl]methyl-phosphate phosphotransferase

Comments: Requires Mg2+. The enzyme, isolated from the archaeon Methanocaldococcus jannaschii, participates in the biosynthesis of the methanofuran cofactor.

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References:

1. Wang, Y., Xu, H., Jones, M.K. and White, R.H. Identification of the final two genes functioning in methanofuran biosynthesis in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii. J. Bacteriol. 197 (2015) 2850-2858. [PMID: 26100040]

[EC 2.7.4.31 created 2015]


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