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Formylmethanofuran:tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase superfamily

SCOP classification
Root:   SCOP hierarchy in SUPERFAMILY [ 0] (11)
Class:   Alpha and beta proteins (a+b) [ 53931] (376)
Fold:   Ferredoxin-like [ 54861] (59)
Superfamily:   Formylmethanofuran:tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase [ 55112]
Families:   Formylmethanofuran:tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase [ 55113]


Superfamily statistics
Genomes (111) Uniprot 2018_03 genome PDB chains (SCOP 1.75)
Domains 262 2,079 6
Proteins 131 1,061 3


Functional annotation
General category Metabolism
Detailed category Transferases

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Function annotation of SCOP domain superfamilies

Enzyme Commission (EC)

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EC termFDR (all)SDEO levelAnnotation (direct or inherited)
Enzyme Commission (EC)Transferring groups other than amino-acyl groups0Moderately InformativeDirect

Document: EC annotation of SCOP domains

Enzyme Commission (EC)

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EC termFDR (all)SDEC levelAnnotation (direct or inherited)
Enzyme Commission (EC)Transferring groups other than amino-acyl groups0Moderately InformativeDirect

Document: EC annotation of SCOP domains

InterPro annotation
Cross references IPR002770 SSF55112 Protein matches
Abstract

Formylmethanofuran:tetrahyromethanopterin formyltransferase (Ftr) is involved in C1 metabolism in methanogenic archaea, sulphate-reducing archaea and methylotrophic bacteria. It catalyses the following reversible reaction:

N-formylmethanofuran + 5,6,7,8-tetrahydromethanopterin = methanofuran + 5-formyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydromethanopterin

Ftr from the thermophilic methanogen Methanopyrus kandleri (optimum growth temperature 98 degrees C) is a hyperthermophilic enzyme that is absolutely dependent on the presence of lyotropic salts for activity and thermostability. The crystal structure of Ftr, determined to a reveals a homotetramer composed essentially of two dimers. Each subunit is subdivided into two tightly associated lobes both consisting of a predominantly antiparallel beta sheet flanked by alpha helices forming an alpha/beta sandwich structure. The approximate location of the active site was detected in a region close to the dimer interface [PubMed9195883]. Ftr from the mesophilic methanogen Methanosarcina barkeri and the sulphate-reducing archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus have a similar structure [PubMed12192072]

In the methylotrophic bacterium Methylobacterium extorquens, Ftr interacts with three other polypeptides to form an Ftr/cyclohydrolase complex which catalyses the hydrolysis of formyl-tetrahydromethanopterin to formate during growth on C1 substrates [PubMed12123819].


InterPro database


PDBeMotif information about ligands, sequence and structure motifs
Cross references PDB entries
Ligand binding statistics
Nucleic-acid binding statistics
Occurrence of secondary structure elements
Occurrence of small 3D structural motifs

PDBeMotif resource

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Internal database links

Browse genome assignments for this superfamily. The SUPERFAMILY hidden Markov model library has been used to carry out SCOP domain assignments to all genomes at the superfamily level.


Alignments of sequences to 6 models in this superfamily are available by clicking on the 'Alignments' icon above. PDB sequences less than 40% identical are shown by default, but any other sequence(s) may be aligned. Select PDB sequences, genome sequences, or paste in or upload your own sequences.


Browse and view proteins in genomes which have different domain combinations including a Formylmethanofuran:tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase domain.


Examine the distribution of domain superfamilies, or families, across the major taxonomic kingdoms or genomes within a kingdom. This gives an immediate impression of how superfamilies, or families, are restricted to certain kingdoms of life.


Explore domain occurrence network where nodes represent genomes and edges are domain architectures (shared between genomes) containing the superfamily of interest.

There are 6 hidden Markov models representing the Formylmethanofuran:tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase superfamily. Information on how the models are built, and plots showing hydrophobicity, match emmission probabilities and insertion/deletion probabilities can be inspected.


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