| EC |
2.1.1.3 |
| Accepted name: |
thetin—homocysteine S-methyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
dimethylsulfonioacetate + L-homocysteine = (methylsulfanyl)acetate + L-methionine |
| Glossary: |
thetin = sulfobetaine = dimethylsulfonioacetate |
| Other name(s): |
dimethylthetin-homocysteine methyltransferase; thetin-homocysteine methylpherase |
| Systematic name: |
dimethylsulfonioacetate:L-homocysteine S-methyltransferase |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 9029-76-9 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Klee, W.A., Richards, H.H. and Cantoni, G.L. The synthesis of methionine by enzymic transmethylation. VII. Existence of two separate homocysteine methylpherases on mammalian liver. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 54 (1961) 157–164. [DOI] [PMID: 14456704] |
| 2. |
Maw, G.A. Thetin-homocysteine transmethylase. A preliminary manometric study of the enzyme from rat liver. Biochem. J. 63 (1956) 116–124. [PMID: 13315256] |
| 3. |
Maw, G.A. Thetin-homocysteine transmethylase. Some further characteristics of the enzyme from rat liver. Biochem. J. 70 (1958) 168–173. [PMID: 13584318] |
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