Coenzyme F420 is a 7,8-didemethyl-8-hydroxy-5-deazariboflavin derivative; methanopterin is a pterin analogue. The enzyme is involved in the formation of methane from CO2 in the methanogen Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus.
History
EC 1.5.98.1 created 1989 as EC 1.5.99.9, modified 2004, transferred 2014 to EC 1.5.98.1
te Brommelstroet BW, Geerts WJ, Keltjens JT, van der Drift C, Vogels GD
Title
Purification and properties of 5,10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase and 5,10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin reductase, two coenzyme F420-dependent enzymes, from Methanosarcina barkeri.