Type: | Domain | Name: | Dihydrofolate reductase-like domain |
Description: | Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) catalyses the NADPH-dependent reduction of dihydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate, an essential step in de novosynthesis both of glycine and of purines and deoxythymidine phosphate (the precursors of DNA synthesis) [], and important also in the conversion of deoxyuridine monophosphate to deoxythymidine monophosphate.This entry represents a structural domain found in dihydrofolate reductases, as well as in riboflavin biosynthesis proteins (usually as a C-terminal domain) and related enzymes. | Short Name: | DHFR-like_dom |