Protein Family Models

This entry represents the C-terminal half of the CofH and MqnC enzymes. This entry is found to the C-terminus of Pfam:PF04055. (from Pfam)

Date:

2024-08-14

Radical SAM proteins catalyse diverse reactions, including unusual methylations, isomerisation, sulphur insertion, ring formation, anaerobic oxidation and protein radical formation. [1]. 11222759. Radical SAM, a novel protein superfamily linking unresolved steps in familiar biosynthetic pathways with radical mechanisms: functional characterization using new analysis and information visualization methods. Sofia HJ, Chen G, Hetzler BG, Reyes-Spindola JF, Miller NE;. Nucleic Acids Res 2001;29:1097-1106. [2]. 17335281. Anaerobic sulfatase-maturating enzymes: radical SAM enzymes able to catalyze in vitro sulfatase post-translational modification. Benjdia A, Leprince J, Guillot A, Vaudry H, Rabot S, Berteau O;. J Am Chem Soc. 2007;129:3462-3463. [3]. 16766528. A new type of bacterial sulfatase reveals a novel maturation pathway in prokaryotes. Berteau O, Guillot A, Benjdia A, Rabot S;. J Biol Chem. 2006;281:22464-22470. (from Pfam)

Date:

2024-10-16

radical SAM protein generates radicals by combining a 4Fe-4S cluster and S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) in close proximity; contains a conserved CxxxCxxC motif, which coordinates the conserved iron-sulfur cluster; transfer of a single electron from the iron-sulfur cluster to SAM leads to its reductive cleavage to methionine and a 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical

Date:

2017-02-03

Members of this protein family are involved in menaquinone biosynthesis by an alternate pathway via futalosine.

Gene:

mqnC

Date:

2023-03-03

This protein family includes the CofH protein of coenzyme F(420) biosynthesis from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii, but appears to hit genomes more broadly than just the subset that make coenzyme F(420), so that narrower group is being built as a separate family.

Date:

2024-05-30