Reaction Details
Reaction: Thumb
GTP + H2O → formate + 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3'-triphosphate + H+
Enzymes: Not Available
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PseudoCyc Reaction ID:GTP-CYCLOHYDRO-I-RXN
References:
  • Burg AW, Brown GM (1968). "The biosynthesis of folic acid. 8. Purification and properties of the enzyme that catalyzes the production of formate from carbon atom 8 of guanosine triphosphate." J Biol Chem 1968;243(9);2349-58. PMID: 4296838
  • Supangat S, Choi YK, Park YS, Son D, Han CD, Lee KH (2005). "Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of sepiapterin reductase from Chlorobium tepidum." Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 61(Pt 2);202-4. PMID: 16510994
  • Wolf WA, Brown GM (1969). "The biosynthesis of folic acid. X. Evidence for an Amadori rearrangement in the enzymatic formation of dihydroneopterin triphosphate from GTP." Biochim Biophys Acta 192(3);468-78. PMID: 4904679