MMACHC decyanates CNCbl

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R-HSA-3149519
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Reaction [transition]
Species
Homo sapiens
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MMACHC reductively decyanates CNCbl, 2 apo--(cyanocobalamin reductase) + 2 cyanocob(III)alamin + H(+) + NADPH => 2 cob(II)alamin--(cyanocobalamin reductase) + 2 hydrogen cyanide + NADP(+)
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Cyanocobalamin (CNCbl), a semisynthetic molecule produced from bacterial hydroxocobalamin that is used in many pharmaceuticals and as a food additive, is one of the dietary cobalamins bound successively by TCN1, CBLIF, TCN2 and transported to cells throughout the body (Randaccio et al. 2010). In these cells, CNCbl is reductively decyanated by MMACHC (methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria type C protein) to produce cob(II)alamin (vitamin B12r) and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) (Kim et al. 2008), preparatory to its conversion to active cofactors methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin.
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
18779575 Decyanation of vitamin B12 by a trafficking chaperone

Kim, J, Gherasim, C, Banerjee, R

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2008
20657474 Vitamin B12: unique metalorganic compounds and the most complex vitamins

Randaccio, L, Wuerges, J, Demitri, N, Geremia, S

Molecules 2010
21697092 Structural basis of multifunctionality in a vitamin B12-processing enzyme

Koutmos, M, Smith, JL, Gherasim, C, Banerjee, R

J Biol Chem 2011
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cyanocobalamin reductase (cyanide-eliminating) activity of MMACHC [cytosol]

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