The Enzyme Database

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EC 2.1.1.304     
Accepted name: L-tyrosine C3-methyltransferase
Reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + L-tyrosine = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 3-methyl-L-tyrosine
For diagram of saframycin biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): SfmM2; SacF
Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:L-tyrosine C3-methyltransferase
Comments: The enzyme from the bacterium Streptomyces lavendulae is involved in biosynthesis of saframycin A, a potent antitumor antibiotic that belongs to the tetrahydroisoquinoline family.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Tang, M.C., Fu, C.Y. and Tang, G.L. Characterization of SfmD as a heme peroxidase that catalyzes the regioselective hydroxylation of 3-methyltyrosine to 3-hydroxy-5-methyltyrosine in saframycin A biosynthesis. J. Biol. Chem. 287 (2012) 5112–5121. [DOI] [PMID: 22187429]
[EC 2.1.1.304 created 2014]
 
 


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