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EC 2.1.1.122     
Accepted name: (S)-tetrahydroprotoberberine N-methyltransferase
Reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + an (S)-7,8,13,14-tetrahydroprotoberberine = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + an (S)-cis-N-methyl-7,8,13,14-tetrahydroprotoberberine
For diagram of canadine biosynthesis, click here, for diagram of noscapine biosynthesis, click here and for diagram of stylopine biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): tetrahydroprotoberberine cis-N-methyltransferase
Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:(S)-7,8,13,14-tetrahydroprotoberberine cis-N-methyltransferase
Comments: Involved in the biosynthesis of isoquinoline alkaloids in plants. Substrates include (S)-canadine, (S)-stylopine, and (S)-tetrahydropalmatine.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 106878-42-6
References:
1.  Rueffer, M., Zumstein, G., Zenk, M.H. Partial purification and characterization of S-adenosyl-L-methionine:(S)-tetrahydroprotoberberine cis-N-methyltransferase from suspension-cultured cells of Eschscholtzia and Corydalis. Phytochemistry 29 (1990) 3727–3733. [DOI]
2.  Liscombe, D.K. and Facchini, P.J. Molecular cloning and characterization of tetrahydroprotoberberine cis-N-methyltransferase, an enzyme involved in alkaloid biosynthesis in opium poppy. J. Biol. Chem. 282 (2007) 14741–14751. [DOI] [PMID: 17389594]
3.  Liscombe, D.K., Ziegler, J., Schmidt, J., Ammer, C. and Facchini, P.J. Targeted metabolite and transcript profiling for elucidating enzyme function: isolation of novel N-methyltransferases from three benzylisoquinoline alkaloid-producing species. Plant J. 60 (2009) 729–743. [DOI] [PMID: 19624470]
[EC 2.1.1.122 created 1999, modified 2023]
 
 


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