Structural highlights
Function
MFNC_METJA Catalyzes the transamination reaction between 4-(hydroxymethyl)-2-furancarboxaldehyde phosphate (4-HFC-P) and alanine to produce pyruvate and 5-(aminomethyl)-3-furanmethanol phosphate (F1-P), the precursor for the furan moiety in methanofuran.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
References
- ↑ Miller D, Wang Y, Xu H, Harich K, White RH. Biosynthesis of the 5-(Aminomethyl)-3-furanmethanol moiety of methanofuran. Biochemistry. 2014 Jul 22;53(28):4635-47. PMID:24977328 doi:10.1021/bi500615p
