ENTRY EC 2.1.1.13
NAME 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate--homocysteine S-methyltransferase
Methionine synthase
Tetrahydropteroylglutamate methyltramsferase
CLASS Transferases
Transferring one-carbon groups
Methyltransferases
SYSNAME 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate:L-homocysteine S-methyltransferase
REACTION 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate + L-Homocysteine = Tetrahydrofolate +
L-Methionine
SUBSTRATE 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate
L-Homocysteine
5-Methyltetrahydropteroyl-L-glutamate
5-Methyltetrahydropteroyltri-L-glutamate
S-Adenosyl-L-methionine
PRODUCT Tetrahydrofolate
L-Methionine
Tetrahydropteroyl-L-glutamate
Tetrahydropteroyltri-L-glutamate
COFACTOR Cobamide
FAD
COMMENT A cobamide-protein. The bacterial enzyme requires S-adenosyl-
-L-methionine and reduced FAD. Acts on monoglutamate or
triglutamate derivatives.
PATHWAY PATH: MAP00271 Methionine metabolism
PATH: MAP00670 One carbon pool by folate
DISEASE MIM: 156570 5-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine
methyltransferase 1; Methylcobalamin deficiency, cbl G
type (3)
GENES ECO: b4019(metH)
SYN: slr0212(metH)
HSA: MTR
STRUCTURES PDB: 1BMT 1MSK
DBLINKS University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 2.1.1.13
WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 2.1.1.13
SCOP (Structural Classificaion of Proteins): 2.1.1.13
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