Folate synthesis: an old enzyme identified

In this issue of Structure, Amzel, Bessman, and colleagues (Gabelli et al., 2007) present the crystal structure of a 17 kDa Nudix hydrolase from Escherichia coli previously characterized as a dATPase and provide evidence that it functions in vivo to remove pyrophosphate from the folate precursor dihydroneopterin triphosphate.