Enzyme Details

EC Classification

3.5.4.9

Enzyme name
(recommended)

methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase

Alternative names

5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate 5-hydrolase (decyclizing)
Citrovorum factor cyclodehydrase
cyclohydrolase
formyl-methenyl-methylenetetrahydrofolate synthetase (combined)

Classification

Hydrolases

Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds

In cyclic amidines

Catalyses reactions

H2O + 5,10-Methenyltetrahydrofolate <-> H+ + 10-Formyltetrahydrofolate

5-Formyltetrahydrofolate <-> H2O + 5,10-Methenyltetrahydrofolate

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