Protein Family Models

The enzyme methylmalonyl-CoA mutase is a member of a class of enzymes that uses coenzyme B12 (adenosylcobalamin) as a cofactor. The enzyme induces the formation of an adenosyl radical from the cofactor. This radical then initiates a free-radical rearrangement of its substrate, succinyl-CoA, to methylmalonyl-CoA [1]. [1]. 8805541. How coenzyme B12 radicals are generated: the crystal structure of methylmalonyl-coenzyme A mutase at 2 A resolution. Mancia F, Keep NH, Nakagawa A, Leadlay PF, McSweeney S, Rasmussen B, Bosecke P, Diat O, Evans PR;. Structure 1996;4:339-350. (from Pfam)

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2024-10-16

Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (EC 5.4.99.2) catalyzes a reversible isomerization between L-methylmalonyl-CoA and succinyl-CoA. The enzyme uses an adenosylcobalamin cofactor. It may be a homodimer, as in mitochondrion, or a heterodimer with partially homologous beta chain that does not bind the adenosylcobalamin cofactor, as in Propionibacterium freudenreichii. The most similar archaeal sequences are separate chains, such as AF2215 abd AF2219 of Archaeoglobus fulgidus, that correspond roughly to the first 500 and last 130 residues, respectively of known methylmalonyl-CoA mutases. This HMM describes the N-terminal domain subfamily. In a neighbor-joining tree, AF2215 branches with a bacterial isobutyryl-CoA mutase, which is also the same length. Scoring between the noise and trusted cutoffs are the non-catalytic, partially homologous beta chains from certain heterodimeric examples of 5.4.99.2.

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2024-05-30