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GXGXG domain. This domain of unknown function is found at the C-terminus of the large subunit (gltB) of glutamate synthase (GltS), in subunit C of tungsten formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase (FwdC) and in subunit C of molybdenum formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase (FmdC). It is also found in a primarily archeal group of proteins predicted to encode part of the large subunit of GltS. It is characterized by a repeated GXXGXXXG motif. GltS is a complex iron-sulfur flavoprotein that catalyzes the synthesis of L-glutamate from L-glutamine and 2-oxoglutarate. It requires the transfer of ammonia and electrons among three distinct active centers that carry out L-Gln hydrolysis, conversion of 2-oxoglutarate into L-Glu, and electron uptake from a donor. These catalytic sites occur in other domains within the protein or or encoded by separate genes, and are not present in the domain in this CD. FwdC and FmdC are reversible ion pumps that catalyze the formylation and deformylation of methanofuran in hyperthermophiles and bacteria. They require the presence of either tungstun (FwdC) or molybdenum (FmdC). The specific function of this domain also remains unidentified in the formylmethanofuran dehydrogenases.
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