[formate-C-acetyltransferase]-activating enzyme;
PFL activase;
PFL-glycine:S-adenosyl-L-methionine H transferase (flavodoxin-oxidizing, S-adenosyl-L-methionine-cleaving);
formate acetyltransferase activating enzyme;
formate acetyltransferase-glycine dihydroflavodoxin:S-adenosyl-L-methionine oxidoreductase (S-adenosyl-L-methionine cleaving)

Oxidoreductases;
Other oxidoreductases;
Sole sub-subclass for oxidoreductases that do not belong in the other subclasses

[formate C-acetyltransferase]-glycine dihydroflavodoxin:S-adenosyl-L-methionine oxidoreductase (S-adenosyl-L-methionine cleaving)

S-adenosyl-L-methionine + dihydroflavodoxin + [formate C-acetyltransferase]-glycine = 5'-deoxyadenosine + L-methionine + flavodoxin semiquinone + [formate C-acetyltransferase]-glycin-2-yl radical [RN:R04710]

R04710

S-adenosyl-L-methionine [CPD:C00019];
dihydroflavodoxin [CPD:C05196];
[formate C-acetyltransferase]-glycine [CPD:C05197]

An iron-sulfur protein. A single glycine residue in EC 2.3.1.54, formate C-acetyltransferase, is oxidized to the corresponding radical by transfer of H from its CH2 to AdoMet with concomitant cleavage of the latter. The reaction requires Fe2+. The first stage is reduction of the AdoMet to give methionine and the 5'-deoxyadenosin-5'-yl radical, which then abstracts a hydrogen radical from the glycine residue.

EC 1.97.1.4 created 1999, modified 2004