Protein Domain : Histidine biosynthesis, HisF IPR004651

Type  Family
Description  Histidine is formed by several complex and distinct biochemical reactions catalysed by eight enzymes. Proteins involved in steps 4 and 6 of the histidine biosynthesis pathway are contained in one family. These enzymes are called His6 and His7 in eukaryotes and HisA and HisF in prokaryotes [, , ]. HisA is a phosphoribosylformimino-5-aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide isomerase (), involved in the fourth step of histidine biosynthesis. The bacterial HisF protein is a cyclase which catalyzes the cyclization reaction that produces D-erythro-imidazole glycerol phosphate during the sixth step of histidine biosynthesis. HisF is also known as imidazole glycerol phosphate synthase [ , , ]. The yeast His7 protein is a bifunctional protein which catalyzes an amido-transferase reaction that generates imidazole-glycerol phosphate and 5-aminoimidazol-4-carboxamide. The latter is the ribonucleotide used for purine biosynthesis. The enzyme also catalyzes the cyclization reaction that produces D-erythro-imidazole glycerol phosphate, and is involved in the fifth and sixth steps in histidine biosynthesis.This family describes the histidine biosynthesis protein, HisF.
Short Name  HisF

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