Protein Family Models

This family includes proteins containing domains which bind to iron-sulfur clusters. Members include bacterial ferredoxins, various dehydrogenases, and various reductases. The structure of the domain is an alpha-antiparallel beta sandwich. (from Pfam)

Date:

2025-01-31

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:

2025-02-02

Members of this radical SAM domain protein family appear to be the E. coli form of the queuosine biosynthesis protein QueE. QueE is involved in making preQ0 (7-cyano-7-deazaquanine), a precursor of both the bacterial/eukaryotic modified tRNA base queuosine and the archaeal modified base archaeosine. Members occur in species that lack known forms of QueE but usually are not found in queuosine biosynthesis operons. Members of this family tend to form bi-directional best hit matches to members of known (TIGR03365) and putative (TIGR03963) QueE families from other lineages.

Gene:

queE

Date:

2021-05-12

7-carboxy-7-deazaguanine synthase QueE is a radical SAM protein that catalyzes the complex heterocyclic radical-mediated conversion of 6-carboxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin (CPH4) to 7-carboxy-7-deazaguanine (CDG), a common step in the biosynthesis of all 7-deazapurine-containing compounds

Date:

2017-10-25