title: Identification of 10-formyltetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase-hydrolase as a major folate binding protein in liver cytosol.
abstract: 10-Formyltetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase (10-formyltetrahydrofolate:NADP+ oxidoreductase, EC 1.5.1.6) purified from pig liver contained bound tetrahydropteroylhexa-gamma-glutamate, a potent product inhibitor. Dehydrogenase purified from rat liver had chromatographic properties indistinguishable from those of a previously described major cytosolic folate binding protein of unknown function (Zamierowski, M.M. and Wagner, C. (1977) J. Biol. Chem. 252, 933-938; Cook, R.J. and Wagner, C. (1982) Biochemistry 21, 4427-4434). The dehydrogenase catalyzes the oxidative deformylation of 10-formyltetrahydrofolate to carbon dioxide and tetrahydrofolate. The tight binding of product to the enzyme suggests that oxidation of one-carbon moieties is regulated by the ratio of formyltetrahydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate in liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shane
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Stokstad
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D058973:Folate Receptors, GPI-Anchored; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D013552:Swine; D000099295:Formyltetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D058973:Folate Receptors, GPI-Anchored; D005492:Folic Acid; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D000099295:Formyltetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase