(Methyl-Co(III) tetramethylammonium-specific corrinoid protein):coenzyme M methyltransferase

(Methyl-Co(III) tetramethylammonium-specific corrinoid protein):coenzyme M methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.253, methyltransferase 2, mtqA (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name methylated tetramethylammonium-specific corrinoid protein:coenzyme M methyltransferase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

[methyl-Co(III) tetramethylammonium-specific corrinoid protein] + coenzyme M methyl-CoM + [Co(I) tetramethylammonium-specific corrinoid protein]
(Methyl-Co(III) tetramethylammonium-specific corrinoid protein):coenzyme M methyltransferase
Identifiers
EC no.2.1.1.253
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This enzyme catalyses the transfer of a methyl group from a corrinoid protein.

References

  1. Asakawa S, Sauer K, Liesack W, Thauer RK (October 1998). "Tetramethylammonium:coenzyme M methyltransferase system from methanococcoides sp". Archives of Microbiology. 170 (4): 220–6. doi:10.1007/s002030050636. PMID 9732435.
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