Molybdopterin synthase | |||||||||
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EC number | 2.8.1.12 | ||||||||
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IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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PMC | articles |
PubMed | articles |
NCBI | proteins |
Molybdopterin synthase (EC 2.8.1.12, MPT synthase) is an enzyme required to synthesize molybdenum cofactor (MoCo) from precursor Z (now known as cyclic pyranopterin monophosphate). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
It is heterodimeric and coded for by the MOCS2 gene.