Biology:(Methyl-Co(III) tetramethylammonium-specific corrinoid protein):coenzyme M methyltransferase

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(Methyl-Co(III) tetramethylammonium-specific corrinoid protein):coenzyme M methyltransferase
Identifiers
EC number2.1.1.253
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(Methyl-Co(III) tetramethylammonium-specific corrinoid protein):coenzyme M methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.253, methyltransferase 2, mtqA (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name methylated tetramethylammonium-specific corrinoid protein:coenzyme M methyltransferase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

[methyl-Co(III) tetramethylammonium-specific corrinoid protein] + coenzyme M ⇌ methyl-CoM + [Co(I) tetramethylammonium-specific corrinoid protein]

This enzyme catalyses the transfer of a methyl group from a corrinoid protein.

References

  1. "Tetramethylammonium:coenzyme M methyltransferase system from methanococcoides sp". Archives of Microbiology 170 (4): 220–6. October 1998. doi:10.1007/s002030050636. PMID 9732435. 

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