Protein Domain : IPR019798

Type:  Binding_site Name:  Serine hydroxymethyltransferase, pyridoxal phosphate binding site
Description:  Synonym(s): Serine hydroxymethyltransferase, Serine aldolase, Threonine aldolase Serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT) is a pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) dependent enzyme and belongs to the aspartate aminotransferase superfamily (fold type I) []. The pyridoxal-P group is attached to a lysine residue around which the sequence is highly conserved in all forms of the enzyme []. The enzyme carries out interconversion of serine and glycine using PLP as the cofactor. SHMT catalyses the transfer of a hydroxymethyl group from N5, N10- methylene tetrahydrofolate to glycine, resulting in the formation of serine and tetrahydrofolate. Both eukaryotic and prokaryotic SHMT enzymes form tight obligate homodimers and the mammalian enzyme forms a homotetramer [, ]. PLP dependent enzymes were previously classified into alpha, beta and gamma classes, based on the chemical characteristics (carbon atom involved) of the reaction they catalysed. The availability of several structures allowed a comprehensive analysis of the evolutionary classification of PLP dependent enzymes, and it was found that the functional classification did not always agree with the evolutionary history of these enzymes. Structure and sequence analysis has revealed that the PLP dependent enzymes can be classified into four major groups of different evolutionary origin: aspartate aminotransferase superfamily (fold type I), tryptophan synthase beta superfamily (fold type II), alanine racemase superfamily (fold type III), D-amino acid superfamily (fold type IV) and glycogen phophorylase family (fold type V) [, ].In vertebrates, glycine hydroxymethyltransferase exists in a cytoplasmic and a mitochondrial form whereas only one form is found in prokaryotes.The signature of this entry contains the lysine residue to which the pyridoxal phosphate group is attached. The region surrounding this lysine residue is highly conserved in all forms of the enzyme. Short Name:  Ser_HO-MeTrfase_PLP_BS

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1 Cross References

Identifier
PS00096

3 Found Ins

DB identifier Type Name
IPR015424 Domain Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent transferase
IPR015421 Domain Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent transferase, major region, subdomain 1
IPR001085 Family Serine hydroxymethyltransferase

4 GO Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0004372 IPR019798
GO:0030170 IPR019798
GO:0006544 IPR019798
GO:0006563 IPR019798

4 Ontology Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0004372 IPR019798
GO:0030170 IPR019798
GO:0006544 IPR019798
GO:0006563 IPR019798

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5 Publications

First Author Title Year Journal Volume Pages PubMed ID
            7748903
            8305478
            10828359
            11877399
            8112347