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Metabolite IDPAMDB000353
Identification
Name: 5,10-Methylene-THF
Description:5,10-Methylene-THF is an intermediate in the metabolism of methane and the metabolism of nitrogen. 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate (5,10-CH2-THF) is the substrate used by the enzyme methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) to generate 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF, or levomefolic acid). 5,10-CH2-THF can also be used as a coenzyme in the biosynthesis of thymidine. More specifically it is the C1-donor in the reactions catalyzed by thymidylate synthase and thymidylate synthase (FAD). It also acts as a coenzyme in the synthesis of serine from glycine via the enzyme serine hydroxymethyl transferase. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase catalyzes the conversion of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate to 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, a cosubstrate for homocysteine remethylation to methionine.
Structure
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Synonyms:
  • (6R)-5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate
  • (6R)-5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolic acid
  • 5,10-Methenyltetrahydropteroylglutamate
  • 5,10-Methenyltetrahydropteroylglutamic acid
  • 5,10-Methylene-6-Hydrofolate
  • 5,10-Methylene-6-Hydrofolic acid
  • 5,10-Methylene-THF
  • 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate
  • 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolic acid
  • 5,10-Methylenetetrahydropteroyl mono-L-glutamate
  • 5,10-Methylenetetrahydropteroyl mono-L-glutamic acid
  • 5,10MeL-THF
  • N5,N10-methylenetetrahydrofolate
  • N5,N10-methylenetetrahydrofolic acid
  • N5>,N10-methylenetetrahydrofolate
  • N5>,N10-methylenetetrahydrofolic acid
  • N5,N10-methylenetetrahydrofolate
Chemical Formula: C20H23N7O6
Average Molecular Weight: 457.4399
Monoisotopic Molecular Weight: 457.170981503
InChI Key: QYNUQALWYRSVHF-PZORYLMUSA-N
InChI:InChI=1S/C20H23N7O6/c21-20-24-16-15(18(31)25-20)27-9-26(8-12(27)7-22-16)11-3-1-10(2-4-11)17(30)23-13(19(32)33)5-6-14(28)29/h1-4,12-13H,5-9H2,(H,23,30)(H,28,29)(H,32,33)(H4,21,22,24,25,31)/t12-,13?/m1/s1
CAS number: 31690-11-6
IUPAC Name:(2S)-2-({4-[(6aR)-3-amino-1-oxo-1H,2H,5H,6H,6aH,7H,8H,9H-imidazolidino[1,5-f]pteridin-8-yl]phenyl}formamido)pentanedioic acid
Traditional IUPAC Name: 5,10-Methylene-THF
SMILES:[H][C@@]12CN(CN1C1=C(NC2)N=C(N)NC1=O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)NC(CCC(O)=O)C(O)=O
Chemical Taxonomy
Taxonomy DescriptionThis compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as hippuric acids. These are compounds containing hippuric acid, which consists of a of a benzoyl group linked to the N-terminal of a glycine.
Kingdom Organic compounds
Super ClassBenzenoids
Class Benzene and substituted derivatives
Sub ClassBenzamides
Direct Parent Hippuric acids
Alternative Parents
Substituents
  • N-acyl-alpha amino acid or derivatives
  • N-acyl-alpha-amino acid
  • Hippuric acid
  • Pterin
  • Phenylimidazolidine
  • Pteridine
  • Aminobenzoic acid or derivatives
  • Alpha-amino acid or derivatives
  • N-substituted-alpha-amino acid
  • Imidazopyrazine
  • Benzoic acid or derivatives
  • Aminobenzamide
  • Dialkylarylamine
  • Benzoyl
  • Hydroxypyrimidine
  • Secondary aliphatic/aromatic amine
  • Amino fatty acid
  • Fatty acyl
  • Pyrimidine
  • Dicarboxylic acid or derivatives
  • Heteroaromatic compound
  • Imidazolidine
  • Tertiary amine
  • Secondary carboxylic acid amide
  • Carboxamide group
  • Azacycle
  • Organoheterocyclic compound
  • Secondary amine
  • Carboxylic acid
  • Carboxylic acid derivative
  • Hydrocarbon derivative
  • Organooxygen compound
  • Organonitrogen compound
  • Carbonyl group
  • Amine
  • Aromatic heteropolycyclic compound
Molecular Framework Aromatic heteropolycyclic compounds
External Descriptors
Physical Properties
State: Solid
Charge:-2
Melting point: Not Available
Experimental Properties:
PropertyValueSource
Predicted Properties
PropertyValueSource
Water Solubility0.823 mg/mLALOGPS
logP-0.94ALOGPS
logP-2ChemAxon
logS-2.8ALOGPS
pKa (Strongest Acidic)2.93ChemAxon
pKa (Strongest Basic)4.6ChemAxon
Physiological Charge-2ChemAxon
Hydrogen Acceptor Count11ChemAxon
Hydrogen Donor Count6ChemAxon
Polar Surface Area189.69 Å2ChemAxon
Rotatable Bond Count7ChemAxon
Refractivity123.96 m3·mol-1ChemAxon
Polarizability45.76 Å3ChemAxon
Number of Rings4ChemAxon
Bioavailability0ChemAxon
Rule of FiveYesChemAxon
Ghose FilterYesChemAxon
Veber's RuleYesChemAxon
MDDR-like RuleYesChemAxon
Biological Properties
Cellular Locations: Cytoplasm
Reactions:
Pathways:
Spectra
Spectra:
Spectrum TypeDescriptionSplash Key
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Positivesplash10-0006-0002900000-a88382f350a14348376cView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Positivesplash10-03di-0329500000-4f7c559817bf6df5a24dView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Positivesplash10-02w9-1493000000-143061365aaedaec549cView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Negativesplash10-0a4i-0001900000-be062f23f73faa80d72bView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Negativesplash10-06ri-1325900000-6420a9d99896c4388b81View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Negativesplash10-0006-9543000000-544604a154db7e208558View in MoNA
References
References:
  • Kanehisa, M., Goto, S., Sato, Y., Furumichi, M., Tanabe, M. (2012). "KEGG for integration and interpretation of large-scale molecular data sets." Nucleic Acids Res 40:D109-D114. Pubmed: 22080510
  • Keseler, I. M., Collado-Vides, J., Santos-Zavaleta, A., Peralta-Gil, M., Gama-Castro, S., Muniz-Rascado, L., Bonavides-Martinez, C., Paley, S., Krummenacker, M., Altman, T., Kaipa, P., Spaulding, A., Pacheco, J., Latendresse, M., Fulcher, C., Sarker, M., Shearer, A. G., Mackie, A., Paulsen, I., Gunsalus, R. P., Karp, P. D. (2011). "EcoCyc: a comprehensive database of Escherichia coli biology." Nucleic Acids Res 39:D583-D590. Pubmed: 21097882
  • van der Werf, M. J., Overkamp, K. M., Muilwijk, B., Coulier, L., Hankemeier, T. (2007). "Microbial metabolomics: toward a platform with full metabolome coverage." Anal Biochem 370:17-25. Pubmed: 17765195
  • Winder, C. L., Dunn, W. B., Schuler, S., Broadhurst, D., Jarvis, R., Stephens, G. M., Goodacre, R. (2008). "Global metabolic profiling of Escherichia coli cultures: an evaluation of methods for quenching and extraction of intracellular metabolites." Anal Chem 80:2939-2948. Pubmed: 18331064
Synthesis Reference: Agrawal, Nitish; Mihai, Cornelia; Kohen, Amnon. Microscale synthesis of isotopically labeled R-[6-xH]N5,N10-methylene-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate as a cofactor for thymidylate synthase. Analytical Biochemistry (2004), 328(1), 44-50.
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Not Available
External Links:
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CHEBI ID15636
HMDB IDHMDB01533
Pubchem Compound ID445117
Kegg IDC00143
ChemSpider ID388320
Wikipedia5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate
BioCyc IDMETHYLENE-THF
EcoCyc IDMETHYLENE-THF
Ligand ExpoMHF

Enzymes

General function:
Involved in catalytic activity
Specific function:
Interconversion of serine and glycine
Gene Name:
glyA
Locus Tag:
PA4602
Molecular weight:
45.2 kDa
Reactions
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + glycine + H(2)O = tetrahydrofolate + L-serine.
General function:
Involved in thymidylate synthase activity
Specific function:
Provides the sole de novo source of dTMP for DNA biosynthesis. This protein also binds to its mRNA thus repressing its own translation
Gene Name:
thyA
Locus Tag:
PA0342
Molecular weight:
30 kDa
Reactions
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + dUMP = dihydrofolate + dTMP.
General function:
Involved in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (NADPH) activity
Specific function:
5-methyltetrahydrofolate + NAD(P)(+) = 5,10- methylenetetrahydrofolate + NAD(P)H
Gene Name:
metF
Locus Tag:
PA0430
Molecular weight:
32.2 kDa
Reactions
5-methyltetrahydrofolate + NAD(P)(+) = 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + NAD(P)H.
General function:
Involved in nucleotide binding
Specific function:
Catalyzes the oxidation of 5,10- methylenetetrahydrofolate to 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate and then the hydrolysis of 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate to 10- formyltetrahydrofolate. This enzyme is specific for NADP
Gene Name:
folD
Locus Tag:
PA1796
Molecular weight:
30.5 kDa
Reactions
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + NADP(+) = 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate + NADPH.
5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate + H(2)O = 10-formyltetrahydrofolate.
General function:
Involved in aminomethyltransferase activity
Specific function:
The glycine cleavage system catalyzes the degradation of glycine
Gene Name:
gcvT
Locus Tag:
PA5215
Molecular weight:
38.9 kDa
Reactions
[Protein]-S(8)-aminomethyldihydrolipoyllysine + tetrahydrofolate = [protein]-dihydrolipoyllysine + 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + NH(3).
General function:
Involved in 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate hydroxymethyltransferase activity
Specific function:
Catalyzes the reversible reaction in which hydroxymethyl group from 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate is tranferred onto alpha-ketoisovalerate to form ketopantoate
Gene Name:
panB
Locus Tag:
PA4729
Molecular weight:
27.9 kDa
Reactions
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate + H(2)O = tetrahydrofolate + 2-dehydropantoate.
General function:
Involved in glycine dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) activity
Specific function:
The glycine cleavage system catalyzes the degradation of glycine. The P protein binds the alpha-amino group of glycine through its pyridoxal phosphate cofactor; CO(2) is released and the remaining methylamine moiety is then transferred to the lipoamide cofactor of the H protein
Gene Name:
gcvP
Locus Tag:
PA5213
Molecular weight:
104.7 kDa
Reactions
Glycine + H-protein-lipoyllysine = H-protein-S-aminomethyldihydrolipoyllysine + CO(2).
General function:
Amino acid transport and metabolism
Specific function:
The glycine cleavage system catalyzes the degradation of glycine. The H protein shuttles the methylamine group of glycine from the P protein to the T protein
Gene Name:
gcvH
Locus Tag:
PA5214
Molecular weight:
13.6 kDa