6-carboxytetrahydropterin synthase
CLASS OF ENZYMES
EC 4.1.2.50; CPH4 synthase; QueD (gene); TOYB; YkvK (gene); YKVK; 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3'-triphosphate acetaldehyde-lyase (6-carboxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin and triphosphate-forming); Cph4; CPH4
6-carboxytetrahydropterin synthase (, CPH4 synthase, queD (gene), ToyB , ykvK (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name 7,8-dihydroneopterin 3'-triphosphate acetaldehyde-lyase (6-carboxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin and triphosphate-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following reversible chemical reaction.