Protein Family Models

pyruvate formate lyase-activating protein is a radical SAM protein that activates pyruvate formate-lyase under anaerobic conditions by generation of an organic free radical, using S-adenosylmethionine and reduced flavodoxin as cosubstrates to produce 5'-deoxy-adenosine

Date:

2018-09-26

An iron-sulfur protein with a radical-SAM domain (PF04055). A single glycine residue in EC 2.3.1.54, formate C-acetyltransferase (formate-pyruvate lyase), is oxidized to the corresponding radical by transfer of H from its CH2 to AdoMet with concomitant cleavage of the latter. The reaction requires Fe2+. The first stage is reduction of the AdoMet to give methionine and the 5'-deoxyadenosin-5-yl radical, which then abstracts a hydrogen radical from the glycine residue [1].

Gene:

pflA

Date:

2022-01-25