Scheme 1.
Schematic representation of E. coli DHFR reaction (12) and S. pneumoniae DHFR at pH 7.0. Highlighted with bold italic are the rate constants measured from experiments for S. pneumoniae DHFR. E = DHFR; NH = NADPH; H2F = 7, 8-dihydrofolate; H4F = tetrahydrofolate; N+ = NADP+