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Binding of the 2',5'-ADP subsite stimulates cyclohydrolase activity of human NADP(+)-dependent methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase/cyclohydrolase.

The bifunctional dehydrogenase/cyclohydrolase domain of the human trifunctional methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase/methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase/formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase catalyzes two sequential reactions with significant channeling of the intermediate, methenyltetrahydrofolate. Equilibrium dialysis established that a single, high-affinity NADP+ binding site exists per monomer of the dimeric enzyme. Kinetic characterization of NADP+ binding to the dehydrogenase using analogs as inhibitors demonstrated that affinity for this substrate is due almost exclusively to binding at the 2',5'-ADP subsite. The same structural specificities for binding are exhibited by these analogs in their effects on the cyclohydrolase. Both NADP+ and its 3-aminopyridine analog AADP partially inhibit the activity of the cyclohydrolase when assayed with added methenyltetrahydrofolate as substrate. However, under the same conditions, the cyclohydrolase is actually activated by 2',5'-ADP; activation requires the presence of the 5'-phosphate since 2'-AMP binds but does not activate. Nicotinamide ribose monophosphate (NMN) has no detectable effect either alone or in combination with 2',5'-ADP. The results are consistent with the existence of a shared dehydrogenase/cyclohydrolase active site proximal to the 2',5'-ADP subsite. NADP+ reduces the rate of the fully activated cyclohydrolase by 2-fold. Inhibition appears to be due to the loosely bound nicotinamide ring interacting with the common folate subsite, resulting in only partial inhibition by NADP+. The interaction of 2',5'-ADP with the cyclohydrolase suggests a potential role for this portion of the molecule in promoting the efficiency of the channeling of endogenously generated methenyltetrahydrofolate.[1]

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