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2.1.1.165

Accepted name:

methyl halide transferase

Reaction:

S-adenosyl-L-methionine + iodide = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + methyl iodide

Other name(s):

MCT; methyl chloride transferase; S-adenosyl-L-methionine:halide/bisulfide methyltransferase; AtHOL1; AtHOL2; AtHOL3; HARMLESS TO OZONE LAYER protein; HMT; S-adenosyl-L-methionine: halide ion methyltransferase; SAM:halide ion methyltransferase

Systematic name:

S-adenosylmethionine:iodide methyltransferase

Comments:

This enzyme contributes to the methyl halide emissions from Arabidopsis [6].

Links to other databases:

BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc

References:

1.	Ni, X. and Hager, L.P. Expression of Batis maritima methyl chloride transferase in Escherichia coli. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96 (1999) 3611–3615. [DOI] [PMID: 10097085]
2.	Saxena, D., Aouad, S., Attieh, J. and Saini, H.S. Biochemical characterization of chloromethane emission from the wood-rotting fungus Phellinus pomaceus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64 (1998) 2831–2835. [PMID: 9687437]
3.	Attieh, J.M., Hanson, A.D. and Saini, H.S. Purification and characterization of a novel methyltransferase responsible for biosynthesis of halomethanes and methanethiol in Brassica oleracea. J. Biol. Chem. 270 (1995) 9250–9257. [DOI] [PMID: 7721844]
4.	Itoh, N., Toda, H., Matsuda, M., Negishi, T., Taniguchi, T. and Ohsawa, N. Involvement of S-adenosylmethionine-dependent halide/thiol methyltransferase (HTMT) in methyl halide emissions from agricultural plants: isolation and characterization of an HTMT-coding gene from Raphanus sativus (daikon radish). BMC Plant Biol. 9 (2009) 116. [DOI] [PMID: 19723322]
5.	Ohsawa, N., Tsujita, M., Morikawa, S. and Itoh, N. Purification and characterization of a monohalomethane-producing enzyme S-adenosyl-L-methionine: halide ion methyltransferase from a marine microalga, Pavlova pinguis. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 65 (2001) 2397–2404. [DOI] [PMID: 11791711]
6.	Nagatoshi, Y.and Nakamura, T. Characterization of three halide methyltransferases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Biotechnol. 24 (2007) 503–506.

[EC 2.1.1.165 created 2010]