ID DYR_HELVI Reviewed; 185 AA. AC Q9U8B8; DT 15-NOV-2002, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-MAY-2000, sequence version 1. DT 22-FEB-2023, entry version 85. DE RecName: Full=Dihydrofolate reductase; DE EC=1.5.1.3; GN Name=DHFR; OS Heliothis virescens (Tobacco budworm moth). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; OC Neoptera; Endopterygota; Lepidoptera; Glossata; Ditrysia; Noctuoidea; OC Noctuidae; Heliothinae; Heliothis. OX NCBI_TaxID=7102 {ECO:0000312|EMBL:AAF04459.1}; RN [1] {ECO:0000305} RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA], PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 3-22; 32-38; 143-149; RP 153-159 AND 170-175, AND ACTIVITY REGULATION. RC TISSUE=Larva; RX PubMed=10632709; DOI=10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01009.x; RA Walker V.K., Tyshenko M.G., Kuiper M.J., Dargar R.V., Yuhas D.A., RA Cruickshank P.A., Chaguturu R.; RT "Tobacco budworm dihydrofolate reductase is a promising target for RT insecticide discovery."; RL Eur. J. Biochem. 267:394-403(2000). CC -!- FUNCTION: Key enzyme in folate metabolism. Catalyzes an essential CC reaction for de novo glycine and purine synthesis, and for DNA CC precursor synthesis (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}. CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=(6S)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + NADP(+) = 7,8-dihydrofolate + CC H(+) + NADPH; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:15009, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:57451, ChEBI:CHEBI:57453, ChEBI:CHEBI:57783, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:58349; EC=1.5.1.3; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P28019, ECO:0000255|PROSITE- CC ProRule:PRU00660}; CC -!- ACTIVITY REGULATION: Activated by dithiothreitol and p- CC chloromercuribenzoate. Inhibited by trimethoprim, methotrexate, sodium CC tetrathionate and hydroxymercuribenzoate. CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10632709}. CC -!- PATHWAY: Cofactor biosynthesis; tetrahydrofolate biosynthesis; 5,6,7,8- CC tetrahydrofolate from 7,8-dihydrofolate: step 1/1. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the dihydrofolate reductase family. CC {ECO:0000305}. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; AF104106; AAF04459.1; -; mRNA. DR AlphaFoldDB; Q9U8B8; -. DR SMR; Q9U8B8; -. DR UniPathway; UPA00077; UER00158. DR GO; GO:0004146; F:dihydrofolate reductase activity; IEA:UniProtKB-EC. DR GO; GO:0050661; F:NADP binding; IEA:InterPro. DR GO; GO:0006545; P:glycine biosynthetic process; IEA:InterPro. DR GO; GO:0006730; P:one-carbon metabolic process; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0046654; P:tetrahydrofolate biosynthetic process; IEA:UniProtKB-UniPathway. DR CDD; cd00209; DHFR; 1. DR Gene3D; 3.40.430.10; Dihydrofolate Reductase, subunit A; 1. DR InterPro; IPR012259; DHFR. DR InterPro; IPR024072; DHFR-like_dom_sf. DR InterPro; IPR017925; DHFR_CS. DR InterPro; IPR001796; DHFR_dom. DR PANTHER; PTHR48069; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR48069:SF3; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; 1. DR Pfam; PF00186; DHFR_1; 1. DR PRINTS; PR00070; DHFR. DR SUPFAM; SSF53597; Dihydrofolate reductase-like; 1. DR PROSITE; PS00075; DHFR_1; 1. DR PROSITE; PS51330; DHFR_2; 1. PE 1: Evidence at protein level; KW Direct protein sequencing; NADP; One-carbon metabolism; Oxidoreductase. FT CHAIN 1..185 FT /note="Dihydrofolate reductase" FT /id="PRO_0000186371" FT DOMAIN 5..184 FT /note="DHFR" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00660" FT BINDING 11 FT /ligand="NADP(+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:58349" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250" FT BINDING 17..23 FT /ligand="NADP(+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:58349" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250" FT BINDING 31..36 FT /ligand="substrate" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250" FT BINDING 55..57 FT /ligand="NADP(+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:58349" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250" FT BINDING 71 FT /ligand="substrate" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250" FT BINDING 77..79 FT /ligand="NADP(+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:58349" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250" FT BINDING 117..124 FT /ligand="NADP(+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:58349" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250" FT CONFLICT 5 FT /note="K -> L (in Ref. 1; AA sequence)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000305" FT CONFLICT 7 FT /note="N -> D (in Ref. 1; AA sequence)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000305" FT CONFLICT 11..13 FT /note="AAC -> IFD (in Ref. 1; AA sequence)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000305" FT CONFLICT 15 FT /note="N -> D (in Ref. 1; AA sequence)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000305" FT CONFLICT 21 FT /note="N -> D (in Ref. 1; AA sequence)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000305" FT CONFLICT 158 FT /note="H -> Q (in Ref. 1; AA sequence)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000305" SQ SEQUENCE 185 AA; 21089 MW; 9B8C0E50ED175812 CRC64; MSQVKLNLIA AACDNMGIGV NGALPWRLKK EMAYFTTMTS KVSEPTKVNA VIMGRRTWDC IPDKYRPLQD RVNIVLTHNV DSVKENVPEG VMVFPGLDEA IKYIEGREDI ESTWVIGGSS IYRAAMTHPN CGKIYLTEIQ KSFDCDTFFP NIDKQQFHLV DEEQIPGEKQ VEGNISYYFR VYKKL //