Protein Family Models

This family of proteins represent the nicotinate-nucleotide- dimethylbenzimidazole phosphoribosyltransferase (NN:DBI PRT) enzymes involved in dimethylbenzimidazole synthesis. This function is essential to de novo cobalamin (vitamin B12) production in bacteria. Nicotinate mononucleotide (NaMN):5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole (DMB) phosphoribosyltransferase (CobT) from Salmonella enterica plays a central role in the synthesis of alpha-ribazole-5'-phosphate, an intermediate for the lower ligand of cobalamin [2]. [1]. 8501034. Characterization of the cobalamin (vitamin B12) biosynthetic genes of Salmonella typhimurium. Roth JR, Lawrence JG, Rubenfield M, Kieffer-Higgins S, Church GM;. J Bacteriol 1993;175:3303-3316. [2]. 12101181. Capture of a labile substrate by expulsion of water molecules from the active site of nicotinate mononucleotide:5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole phosphoribosyltransferase (CobT) from Salmonella enterica. Cheong CG, Escalante-Semerena JC, Rayment I;. J Biol Chem 2002;277:41120-41127. (from Pfam)

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2024-10-16