EC |
2.1.1.129 |
Accepted name: |
inositol 4-methyltransferase |
Reaction: |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + myo-inositol = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 1D-4-O-methyl-myo-inositol |
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For diagram of reaction, click here |
Other name(s): |
myo-inositol 4-O-methyltransferase; S-adenosyl-L-methionine:myo-inositol 4-O-methyltransferase; myo-inositol 6-O-methyltransferase |
Systematic name: |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine:1D-myo-inositol 4-methyltransferase |
Comments: |
The enzyme from the rice bean Vigna umbellata (Fabaceae) is highly specific for S-adenosyl-L-methionine. The enzyme also methylates 1L-1,2,4/3,5-cyclohexanepentol, 2,4,6/3,5-pentahydroxycyclohexanone, D,L-2,3,4,6/5-pentacyclohexanone and 2,2′-anhydro-2-C-hydroxymethyl-myo-inositol, but at lower rates than that of myo-inositol. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 169277-48-9 |
References: |
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Vernon, D.M., Bohnert, H.J. A novel methyl transferase induced by osmotic stress in the facultative halophyte Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. EMBO J. 11 (1992) 2077–2085. [PMID: 1600940] |
2. |
Wanek, W. and Richter, A. Purification and characterization of myo-inositol 6-O-methyltransferase from Vigna umbellata Ohwi et Ohashi. Planta 197 (1995) 427–434. |
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[EC 2.1.1.129 created 1999 (EC 2.1.1.134 created 1999, incorporated 2002), modified 2002] |
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